What Synapse’s bankruptcy means for the BaaS model

Sankaet Pathak is the founder of Synapse, which filed for bankruptcy. A banking-as-a-service middleware platform’s slide into bankruptcy is another sign of trouble for this business model, where software providers connect licensed banks and nonbank companies that want to take deposits and extend loans — and sometimes promise to offload part of the compliance burden. …

Hirschmann Multimedia Holding B.V. Declared Bankrupt

On May 31, Hirschmann Multimedia Holding B.V. filed for provisional suspension of payments, which has now been converted into bankruptcy. According to CEO Dick Kroon, the bankruptcy of Hirschmann Multimedia Holding B.V. and the adjacent Hirschmann Multimedia B.V. is due to the failure of a desired settlement payment arrangement with the tax authorities. While this…