In Prenzlauer Berg, the local public transportation company BVG opened Berlin’s second Jelbi mobility station. In addition to electric scooters and rental bikes, the station also features a variety of car sharing services – including Oply of course!

A study by Marketagent.com among Swiss internet users showed: Bring! is the third most used domestic start-up app in Switzerland! Congrats and will continue to use it here in Germany.

Abra now enables investments in stocks and ETFs using Bitcoin in Germany. And what do German Abra investors’ favorite asset? Apple stocks, followed by Google and Amazon.

Pinterest proudly present its Pride Report: rainbow ear tattoos and marble nails as well as drag queen RuPaul are among the top searches.

Private car sharing became a media star: in TV, radio and online, a major regional broadcasting network portrayed a Turo host and introduced the benefits of sharing one’s car.

In an interview with Lead and Focus Online, Bring! CEO Marco Cerqui talked about the partnership with Edeka and the future of mobile shopping planning.

New donation record: With almost 1 million Euros in just a few days for developing a medication for a rare genetic mutation, the most successful GoFundMe campaign ever in the German-speaking countries came from Switzerland.

Oply has expanded its car sharing offering in Berlin with ten additional zones outside the city center.

In Berlin and Munich, users of the mobile shopping planner Bring! can now shop online directly from the app.

Pinterest’s IPO turned out to be a huge success.

Oply has increased its car-sharing fleet in Munich by 80 cars and taken over the supplier Co-wheels in the UK.

At media visits in Munich, Baden-Baden and Hamburg, GoFundMe‘s country manager Jeannette Gusko introduced journalists to donating money online.

According to a survey commissioned by Turo, one in five car owners are open to sharing their car with others – several regional media reported on the results.

Pinterest analyzed the global wedding trends: Couples around the world go for a smaller, more intimate wedding.

As the cost of international money transfers has continued to rise, TransferWise demanded that financial service providers immediately implement planed EU regulations – Handelsblatt reported.

Oply has opened three more neighborhoods in Hamburg and offers car sharing in less central parts of the city which were previously hardly serviced.

Offerista has the popular shopping app Bring! won as a premium partner for his publisher network.

On the occasion of its one year anniversary in Germany, Turo introduced the Turo Private Sharing Index that measures people’s affinity towards private sharing. The result: Younger people, men as well as low and high earners are particularly open to private sharing.

Pinterest analyzed people’s tattoo preferences around the world: Argentinians love to put their soccer team on their skin, French like pink minimalism, Japanese moon and Germans keltic designs.

Oply also started in Berlin with its zonal car-sharing service to replace the private car after previously launching in Munich and Hamburg.

New year resolutions are fun if turned into challenges. So many people went to Pinterest to find the one that is right for them.

A study showed that international money transfers became much more expensive with leading financial institutions in 2018. Many newspapers reported and mentioned TransferWise as a fair and low-cost alternative.

In several interviews, GoFundMe manager Jeannette Gusko talked about the company’s strategy and activities in Switzerland – with coverage in, among others, Handelszeitung and Luzerner Zeitung.

The Offerista Group announced a tripling of the campaigns in its own push network. Retailer increasingly use this marketing channel with click-through rates up to 45 percent.

In Germany, at least 12 million private cars remain unused during Christmas. This is the result of a representative survey conducted by P2P car sharing provider Turo.

5,000 new campaigns and more than 7 million euros in donations: GoFundMe’s first year in Germany was very successful.

Money as a Christmas gift? TransferWise explained how to do it right. More on freundin.de.

Oply Cares launched car sharing for good causes in Hamburg and provided vehicles for a charity party of Never play alone – Sankt Pauli e.V.

Pinterest already gave a sneak peek into the new year and published the top 100 trends for 2019. We are looking forward to pegan food, sleep logs and cropped banks among many other things.

Image: (c) Pinterest

TransferWise introduced a debit card for companies and enables real-time money transfers. In an interview with SPIEGEL Online, CEO Kristo Käärmann explained why transparence in so important in the case of international money transfers.

GoFundMe’s Jeannette Gusko talked to Kurier und Wiener Zeitung about GoFundMe launching in Austria. In a survey, GoFundMe found out that millennials love giving money to support others – BILD.de reported.

Pinterest published the Holiday Report which not only went down well with media but also made us want Christmas to come up faster.

Oply expanded its service in Munich with 30 additional brand new cars and 14 neighbourhoods. In Hamburg, TV news program “NDR Hamburg Journal” covered Oply’s October launch.

In a comprehensive interview with digital magazine LEAD, GoFundMe manager Jeannette Gusko talked about how digitalisation is changing social fundraising.

October was all about Halloween with Pinterest: It published the dedicated Pinterest Halloween Report and we organized a media workshop that brought the best Pinterest Halloween ideas to life.

In a representative survey, TransferWise found that more and more Germans would like to live abroad for a while – dpa reported.

Oply launched its service in Hamburg with 100 cars in 44 neighbourhoods.

EMnify was awarded the “AWS IoT Competency” by Amazon Web Services.

TransferWise announced 75% revenue growth in the 2018 financial year.

In a comprehensive interview with banking blog “Der Bank Blog”, Bondora’s CEO talked about P2P loans as an attractive investment and the new product Go & Grow.

Pinterest published two global reports, one about the hottest fashion trends in 11 countries worldwide, the other about what Pinterest users love most in beauty. From beauty to scary: The best costumes, make-up, decoration and food ideas were captured in the Halloween Report. We also thought of all Oktoberfest lovers with the top hairstyles and Dirndls on Pinterest.

Benjamin Baumann, former Managing Director of C3, launched the new agency FRASER with 15 digital professionals including former colleagues of C3 and Antoni.

Image: Pinterest

The Offerista Group, which operates barcoo, has taken over the Austrian market leader for digital brochures wogibtswas.at.

Hot August, hot Pinterest stories: Media loved beating the heat wave with the best Pinterest hacks to cool down and the top waterproof mascara. Going into Fall, we announced the best ideas to get back to everyday life after the summer break with the Pinterest ‚Back to life report‘. Fashion media picked up the Pinterest trend color of the season – ‚Terracotta‘ – with great new Pinterest streetstyle looks.

GoFundMe announced its planned expansion into Austria and Switzerland and Jeannette Gusko’s appointment as Senior Regional Manager for the region.

TransferWise campaigns for full cost transparency for international money transfers and a proposed EU regulation – and has been interviewed about it by Handelsblatt.

Image: © Pinterest

Munich’s mayor inaugurated two new mobility stations, among others with cars from Oply.

A TransferWise analysis revealed that every Eurozone traveller loses 110 Euros a year in hidden fees when exchanging money.

A group of friends from Berlin organised a garbage-free music festival and raised funds on GoFundMe – Berlin media responded very positively.

Together with Pinterest we presented the top summer hacks to beat the heat wave which we also tried first hand in our office. They work!

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