Business Insider: After expansion: these are the key people at debt collection startup Pair Finance

English private equity investor Pollen Street Capital acquired a majority stake in Berlin-based debt collection startup Pair Finance in October. "The purchase price is said to be just over €100 million, (...)," FinanceFWD wrote at the time about the takeover.

Pair Finance continues its expansion in Europe and launches in Switzerland. Previously, the fintech, which offers AI-based debt collection, had already started operations in Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Marko Kusigerski will lead the Swiss business as "Country Head Switzerland".

"The demand from our German clients was certainly one of the drivers to enter the Austrian market," says Pair Finance founder and CEO Stephan Stricker in an interview with brutkasten. Previously, he says, they were only able to operate in Austria on a small scale. But now Pair Finance has registered a business here and obtained a collection license.