Berlin-based fintech Pliant secures E-Money license in Finland and becomes a Visa principal member to facilitate ambitious European expansion.

Uusi merkittävä virstanpylväs Pliantin tarinassa: yhtiö on saanut onnistuneesti päätökseen A-vaiheen rahoituskierroksen, jolla kerättiin yhteensä 28 miljoonaa dollaria sekä nykyisiltä että uusilta sijoittajilta.

Caroline Jenke has taken over the position of Chief Legal Officer and authorised signatory of the corporate credit card provider Pliant as of 1 March 2022 and is thus a member of the management. For the Klarna Group, Jenke accompanied the internationalisation process in more than a dozen European countries and created the legal basis for the licence-as-a-service offering for FinTecSystems.

Getting started with climate protection is a major challenge for companies that have many fixed processes. Creditreform has been supporting this entry into climate protection with its CrefoGreen team for almost two years. Now the group of companies is relying on Pliant earth and Cozero.

The corporate credit card startup Pliant is expanding to Austria, the first foreign market for the Berlin-based fintech. The target group consists especially of companies with high credit card spending, regardless of their number of employees. With its market entry, Pliant becomes the first credit card provider in Austria with fully digital card management, receipt collection and integration into accounting.

Only four months after announcing its first seed round, the Berlin-based corporate credit card provider Pliant closes with existing venture capitalists Alstin Capital, Main Incubator and Saber in the amount of €18 million.

Shortly after the market launch of Pliant, venture capitalists Alstin, Main Incubator, Saber as well as Seed+Speed invest 6.5 million dollars.

Climate protection instead of bonus miles - New Pliant earth credit card announced for climate-conscious companies: real sustainability made easy at no costs from July onwards.

Jens Quadbeck, former Google EMEA Lead for Sales Strategy & Operations and previously active in various sales roles in Germany and at the Dublin European headquarters, is now Chief Sales Officer at the Berlin-based corporate credit card specialist. He brings years of experience in building sales and distribution partner teams in European markets.

The new premium corporate credit card is tailored to the needs of German SMEs and companies with high turnover. Companies in Germany benefit from completely digital card management, seamless integration with accounting software, an unlimited cashback program and high spending limits.