Across the Eurozone, there is a growing demand for small business banking as traditional financial institutions have historically not successfully served this segment of the market. With its pan-European footprint Holvi is the leading business banking solution for everyday entrepreneurs in Europe. Holvi is authorised to operate across the European Economic Area (EEA) under the Payment Services Directive by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA).
Holvi is designed for everyday entrepreneurs – from yoga teachers, to freelancers to consultants, gig-economy workers and small family-run businesses. Holvi gives everyday entrepreneurs the tools they need to easily manage their business finances. It combines banking and a Mastercard with smart business tools allowing the micro-business to set up their account fully digitally, send easily professional-looking invoices and categorise their expenses for bookkeeping. In some markets Holvi has integrated with the leading accounting agencies and software solutions to allow for easy-to-use bookkeeping exports.
The company was co-founded by Tuomas Toivonen and Mikko Teerenhovi in 2011 with Antti-Jussi Suominen joining Holvi as CEO in January 2017. In 2016, Holvi was acquired by BBVA, to bolster its expansion plans through strategic support through at board level, access to resources and network, in addition to finance. With the backing of a major financial institution and a continued focus and deep understanding of the market, Holvi is set for a period of rapid growth. In the past three years the team has grown from ten people to around 100 people.
Commenting on the company’s expansion plans, Holvi CEO, Antti-Jussi Suominen said: “2019 is set to be an exciting year for Holvi. Having become the leading business banking service for microentrepreneurs in our home market of Finland, and rapidly growing in Austria and Germany, we are setting our sights on the rest of Europe.
We have continued to iterate and expand our product offering, and are really pleased with the positive response from our existing customers. Taking the product to new customers across the Eurozone and helping the everyday entrepreneur to succeed is now our focus and priority.”
