Finqware Ranks #36 on Sifted 100: Only Romanian Fintech to Lead DACH & CEE Growth

Finqware has secured the 36th position on the Sifted 100: DACH & CEE 2026 Leaderboard, highlighting the rapid adoption of treasury automation across Central and Eastern Europe. As the only Romanian firm to make the list, its 145.94% revenue growth signals a significant shift toward API-driven financial operations for mid-sized and large enterprises.

What was announced

The Sifted 100: DACH & CEE 2026 Leaderboard, an annual ranking produced by the Financial Times-backed media outlet Sifted, has named Finqware as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the region. This recognition marks the second consecutive year that the Bucharest-based fintech has featured on the list, having also been included in the 2025 Sifted 100: DACH & CEE ranking. To qualify for the 2026 ranking, companies were required to provide three full financial years of revenue data. Finqware reported a two-year compound annual revenue growth rate (CAGR) of 145.94%, placing it at number 36 on the leaderboard.

The company is currently the only firm headquartered in Romania to be included in this year’s selection. Its growth is underpinned by the FinqTreasury platform, a solution designed to automate the daily financial operations of corporate finance and treasury teams. The platform functions as a single infrastructure layer for multi-bank connectivity, allowing mid-sized and large businesses to integrate real-time financial data directly into their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and financial systems.

Currently, Finqware enables companies to connect their bank accounts across more than 150 banks in 20 different European countries. This infrastructure supports a variety of functions, including cash visibility, payment automation, and the management of complex banking environments. By consolidating these operations, the company aims to reduce the reliance on manual processes and fragmented bank portals that have traditionally characterised corporate treasury management. The 2026 ranking highlights the company's continued expansion across Europe as it scales its operations beyond its home market.

"Being included in the Sifted 100 for a second consecutive year is an important validation of the consistency of our growth. More importantly, it reflects a structural change we are seeing in the market: corporate treasury is moving from fragmented bank portals and manual processes towards connected, API-driven financial operations. Our ambition is to build Finqware into one of Europe’s leading treasury automation platforms."

Cosmin Cosma, Co-Founder & CEO, Finqware

The companies involved

Finqware is a European fintech company that has established itself as a specialist in treasury automation and open banking. Headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, the company has focused its efforts on the corporate sector, providing tools that allow finance teams to manage liquidity and payments across multiple banking relationships through a single interface. By leveraging API technology, Finqware addresses the inefficiencies inherent in traditional corporate banking, where finance professionals often have to navigate multiple proprietary portals to gain a clear view of their company's cash position.

The ranking is published by Sifted, a news and data platform that focuses on the European startup and scaleup ecosystem. Sifted was launched with the backing of the Financial Times, a global leader in business journalism. The Financial Times, which has been in operation for over 130 years, provides the institutional weight and data standards that underpin the Sifted 100 rankings. These leaderboards are designed to provide a transparent look at the financial health and growth trajectories of private technology companies across various European sub-regions. The DACH & CEE list specifically covers Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Central and Eastern European nations, a region that has become a significant source of fintech innovation in recent years.

What this means

Finqware’s ascent reflects a broader industry trend where the "open" in open banking is finally delivering tangible value to the corporate sector, rather than just retail consumers. For years, corporate treasury has been hampered by legacy systems and the "portal fatigue" of managing dozens of different bank logins. The high growth rates seen here suggest that the market is reaching a tipping point where API-first treasury management is no longer a luxury but a competitive necessity. As more regional players scale, traditional banks face increasing pressure to improve their own API reliability or risk becoming invisible pipes behind third-party automation layers.