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FinTech start-up Bunq launches in Amsterdam A new kind of bank
Amsterdam-based Bunq wants to become the WhatsApp of financial services. Their app lets users easily make payments and withdraw money from ATMs. Bunq’s formal banking license from DNB, the central bank of the Netherlands, means that its customers have IBAN bank accounts and can make payments to other banks. Bunq is the first new independent bank to receive an official banking license in the Netherlands in ten years. www.bunq.com
Amsterdam to get new tech hub TQ will host startups
Google and The Next Web are launching a new tech hub in Amsterdam that will house 120 new companies. This ‘curated community’ of tech start-ups, known as TQ, will open in the spring of 2016. Their building in the centre of Amsterdam will include offices, collaborative spaces, innovation labs, dining facilities and an event area. The top floor, with sweeping views across the city, will be open to the public. Other involved corporate partners include Booking.com, ABN AMRO and KPMG. www.tqams.com
Mitsubushi’s Life Sciences division in Amstelveen The food-development lab’s new EU HQ
Mitsubishi Corporation Life Sciences Limited recently established its European headquarters on Amstelveen’s Stroombaan. MCLS Europe chose to be in the same building as Nestlé, one of its most important clients. The division, which currently has five employees, is planning to grow quickly, and its Amstelveen office offers room for expansion. The company develops and manufactures specialty food ingredients such as sweeteners. www.mclsltd.com/english/index.html
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