N26
| Formerly | Papayer GmbH (2013-2014), Number26 GmbH (2014–2016) |
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| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Voltairstr. 8, 10179, , |
Area served | European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland |
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| Services | Direct bank |
| Revenue | 120,375,000 euro (2021) |
| Owner | N26 SE |
Number of employees | c. 1,500 (2021) |
| Website | n26 |
N26 Bank SE, doing business as N26, and formerly named Papayer GmbH, and Number26 GmbH, is a multinational German fintech and neobank company based in Berlin that offers a variety of financial services to individuals and businesses. N26 was founded in 2013 by Rocket Internet, an incubator, and operates in various European Union member states that are members of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Their services include transaction accounts and debit cards, as well as overdraft and investment products under a subscription business model.
The name of the company is derived from the number of smaller cubes in a complete Rubik's Cube, since a 3x3x3 cube has 26 individual visible cubes (27 minus 1 hidden).