Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

By Scott From Barcinno • Issue #474

Hello and happy Monday,

This week’s main headlines:

What a week for Barcelona’s fintech ecosystem:

Barcelona’s government tenders parts of the stock exchange building to create a fintech hub; Tech Barcelona’s fintech Pier05 may finally become a reality. Fingers crossed 🤞
Local company AREX Markets got acquired by a UK company 💰
BCN fintech directory counts already 70+ fintechs in our city 📊

So it’s only fitting that the next BCN FinTech event is coming up to celebrate the good news and more.

🙌 The final BCN FinTech event before the summert takes place on Wed 12 July, and it's a great one.

We’ll talk with leading experts about Open Finance, Embedded Finance, and the future of fintech.

These topics are amongst the 🔥 hottest fintech trends right now that are bound to reshape not just the finance but also the non-finance industry.

We're very proud to have these amazing panelists share their expertise:

As usual, we'll also have a 🎤 "grab the mic" round before the panel and casual networking with beers & snacks 🍕.

So before you all head off for the summer break, let's connect, learn, and network together in a relaxed atmosphere.

Get your ticket for half the price (BarcinnoLovesFinTech code already applied 🫶) here.

Have a great week!

Apolo Kids: The merger of Kokoro Kids & Nannyfy
Barna Brew and the expansion of Belgian beer in Catalonia
Circe: Improves GPS security by detecting interference
Ernest Pérez-Mas, Parlem Telecom: "No one has had the will to create a great Catalan operator"

Wed, 5 – Fri, 7 Jul: ETHBarcelona Conference
Fri, 7 Jul – Sun, 9 Jul: ETHBarcelona Hackathon
Wed, 12 Jul @18:30: BCN FinTech #009 (link includes a 50% Barcinno community discount 🔥)
Thu, 13 Jul @18:30: 3rd Aniv3rsario LIDR
Wed, 19 Jul @18:30: Startup Grind BCN w/ Ross McNairn, CPTO @ TravelPerk (link includes a 40% Barcinno community discount 😃)

See the full event calendar here & add your event here.