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NEWS: German mobile bank N26 to offer stocks trading

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By Elizabeth Howcroft

German online bank N26 said on Wednesday it will allow customers in Austria and Germany to trade stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as part of the company’s efforts to become profitable.

N26, which is being monitored by German financial regulators, will allow some customers in Austria to trade ETFs from Jan. 17, before expanding the product to include “over a thousand stocks” in coming months for customers in Germany and Austria, it said in a press release.

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