Since the summer of 2022, Bling has offered a family banking solution where children can gain independence by learning financial responsibility through educational content and their own payment card. The concept is well-received by users, with tens of thousands of families using Bling’s services and many children using a Bling card as their first personal payment experience, all within the first 12 months after launching.

Due to its successful launch, the family-fintech Bling was able to raise several million euros in a seed financing round as recently as December 2022. The lead investors are Peak and La Famiglia, both known from earlier investments in consumer and fintech companies.

Coined the “Fintech Wunderkind” by TechCrunch, Nils Feigenwinter founded Bling at only 20. As he has no educational background himself, he relies heavily on business angels and advisors who are parents and educators themselves to support Bling's development. The new committee will further strengthen the expertise in both product and education. "We will not implement any function without the approval of our supervisory board," says Nils Feigenwinter, Co-Founder and CEO of Bling.

Supervisory board members:

Anissa Brinkhoff is a financial journalist and launched several podcasts on the topic of women and finance, in which she talks about money, financial education and retirement planning. She gives lectures on the topics of money and finance and raises awareness especially among women. 

Sven Schumann is a senior vice president at Deutsche Börse Group. He is an expert in economic and financial education and also deals with the framework conditions for asset accumulation and retirement provision on the capital market. Since 2020, he has been co-chair of the Alliance for Economic Education Germany, which advocates for the sufficient and compulsory anchoring of economic education in all secondary schools in Germany and better subject-related qualifications for teachers. 

Babett Mahnert is a business and finance coach, entrepreneur, banking economist and podcaster. She co-founded Schulgold, the first online learning platform for financial knowledge for young people, teachers and schools in Germany.