Would you like to know more about how we work and how our partnerships come into existence? Let’s find out interesting articles and interviews what has been published about us.
The Future of Payments | Tomáš Fíla & Radek Teichmann
Tomáš Fíla from Finbricks and Radek Teichmann from MoroSystems clarified a lot of information regarding payment regulations and technologies, and…
Our partnerships21.03.2024
LINKEDIN | Komerční banka has a head start with Finbricks in the growing open banking market
Building an internal startup is always a greater risk than investing in an established company.
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Our partnerships19.03.2024
EURO.CZ | Through Upvest, over 1.3 billion CZK was invested in real estate projects last year. The number of its investors has grown to nearly five thousand.
Upvest, a company under the wing of Komerční banka that specializes in direct private capital investments in real estate projects, offered financing…
Podcasts08.02.2024
Sustainability in Business: Practical Application of ESG at KB | J. Hanuš & H. Kovářová
Hana Kovářová and Jan Hanuš from ENVIROS and KB Advisory together shed light on the topic of sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and…
Podcasts08.12.2023
How the Collaboration Between Banks and FinTech Startups Works | M. Vytiska & P. Nový
Michal Vytiska and Patrik Nový present the collaboration between KB and FinTech startups. We will learn what both sides gain from this partnership…
Our partnerships24.11.2023
FINTECH COWBOYS | The Fintech and Insurtech of the Year in the 2023 Mastercard Bank of the Year competition are...
This year’s Mastercard Bank of the Year competition was exceptional for the Czech fintech and insurtech community.
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KB Smartsolution08.11.2023
SME BANKING CLUG | ALMOST 5 YEARS OF KB SMARTSOLUTIONS ON THE MARKET
There are over 130 fintechs and a wide number of local and international banks operating in the Czech Republic.
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Our partnerships01.11.2022
ECOMMERCE NEWS| Lemonero launches in the Netherlands
Ecommerce lending startup Lemonero is launching its platform in the Netherlands. It is the second expansion after a launch in Central and Eastern…
Our partnerships16.06.2022
SIFTED | Société Générale backs Czech fintech Lemonero with €12m investment
Lemonero, a Czech fintech, has raised a seed round from Komerční banka, a Czech bank and a member of the French financial group Société Générale.
…
KB Smartsolution07.06.2022
SME BANKING CLUB | CEE22: KB SmartSolutions enjoys working with startups
Komerční banka, one of the biggest and most important banking institutions in the Czech Republic, has one mission: to build, together with its…
KB Smartsolution22.12.2021
SME BANKING CLUB | Komerční banka: 2021 results and plans in cooperating with fintechs
Komerční banka, one of the biggest Czech banks, decided to pursue the vision of becoming the bank of the future. One of the ways how to achieve it…
Our partnerships22.12.2021
SME BANKING CLUB | Finbricks brings a new experience for the customers
Finbricks is one of these new payment service providers, originally established as an internal project of Komerční banka under its subsidiary KB…
Podcasts28.04.2021
David Musil & Adam Šoukal: Can partnership between fintech/start-up and bank work?
David Musil, founder of Upvest.cz, and Adam Šoukal, founder of Platební Instituce Roger, bring a new perspective on connection of start-ups with…
Our partnerships20.04.2021
Forbes | New service Mall Finance brings loans for-shops
The Czech e-shop Mall.cz is expanding its services.
Our partnerships12.04.2021
SME BANKING CLUB | Successful start-up analyzes which e-shop is suitable for financing
For Czech banks, cooperation with fintech start-ups can mean a lot of positive things, on the contrary, start-ups as such can benefit from the strong…
Our partnerships13.01.2021
CzechCrunch | Big fintech investment bears fruit. Invoices of more than 6 billions CZK flow through the Czech fintech Roger this year also thanks to Komerční banka.
In the end, however, it was his fintech Roger who became one of the first to break the ice, and together with Komerční banka he showed that it will…
KB Smartsolution16.12.2020
SME BANKING CLUB | How KB SmartSolutions helps the transformation of the traditional bank to bank of the future
The 2020 year was quite far from what most of us expected it to be. The Covid-19 crisis has unexpectedly affected the whole world – the world seemed…
Our partnerships09.12.2020
Rozhovor o Lemonero
Lemonero je úspěšný fintechový start-up, který pomáhá jiným start-upům a primárně e-commerce společnostem. Domluvili jsme si malý rozhovor s Honzou…
Podcasts16.11.2020
Red Bull Basement and successful start-ups by Dan Tržil
Could can you recognize a successful start-up? Fin dout more about Red Bull Basement with mentor Tomáš Michálek from KB SmartSolutions and member of…
Our partnerships21.10.2020
Komerční banka dál loví mezi start-upy. Získala podíl ve firmě, která půjčuje e-shopům
Kolem e-shopů se Jan Laštůvka točil vždycky, už na vysoké škole pro ně s kamarády programoval webové stránky, měli digitální agenturu, několik…
Our partnerships21.10.2020
Komerční banka má další velkou investici. S českým startupem Lemonero chce financovat e-shopy v celé Evropě
Finančně-technologické startupy už dekádu narušují dlouhodobý status quo relativně konzervativní oblasti bankovnictví. Proto aby finanční domy…
Podcasts16.10.2020
Tomáš Michálek & Pavel Rothbauer: Why does Komerční banka need KB SmartSolutions?
Tomáš Michálek, Startup Scout, and Pavel Rothbauer, Company Developer, reveal how KB SmartSolution works, what are the successfull partnerships and…
Our partnerships02.10.2020
Komerční banka dál šlape do startupů. S brněnským Rogerem upekla jednu z největších fintechových investic v Česku
Zakladatel finančně-technologického startupu Roger dlouho říkal, že o něčem, jako je spolupráce tradičních bank a inovativních startupů, je zbytečné…
Our partnerships02.10.2020
Komerční banka loví klienty v menších firmách. Pomůže jí v tom start-up Roger, do nějž investuje
Když firmy dodávají své služby nebo produkty do velkých maloobchodních řetězců, musí čekat i měsíce na to, než jim odběratelé proplatí faktury. To…
KB Smartsolution10.08.2020
SME BANKING CLUB | Komerční banka and KB SmartSolutions exceed the limits of mere banking service
The Czech bank Komerční banka is actively entering into a bond with innovative and disruptive fintechs and start-ups aiming to fulfill its vision to…
Our partnerships08.07.2020
Komerční banku zaujal crowdfunding nemovitostí. Za desítky milionů kupuje podíl v českém startupu Upvest
Investování do developerských projektů formou crowdfundingu. Takové je poslání tříletého českého startupu Upvest, který propojuje developery…
KB Smartsolution17.06.2020
SME BANKING CLUB | KB SmartSolutions helps Komerční banka build financial services of the future
Last week Olena Gryniuk talked to Tomas Michalek, StartUp Scout at KB SmartSolutions in the Czech Republic, on how Komerční banka cooperates with…
KB SmartSolutions, s.r.o., with its registered seat at Václavské náměstí 796/42, Nové Město, 110 00 Praha 1, Company Number: 02021161, registered in the Commercial Register maintained by the Municipal Court in Prague, file number C 306446, is, as a controlled person, a member of the Komerční banka Financial Group group. The controlling entity of the group is Komerční banka, a. s., with registered seat at Na Příkopě 969/33, 114 07 Praha 1, Company Number: 45317054. This notice is made in accordance with the provisions of § 79 para. 3 of Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Corporations, as amended.