dwpbank Acquires Berlin-Based Fintech Lemon.Markets To Expand Digital Brokerage Services

Going forward, the dwpbank Group will operate under two brands—bringing together its long-standing expertise in securities with fresh innovation. The goal is to offer flexible, modern solutions that help banks and fintechs respond quickly to market changes and attract new customers in the securities space.

This acquisition supports dwpbank’s growth plan to build a user-friendly and reliable securities ecosystem. lemon.markets adds strong cloud-based technology and a digital brokerage platform to dwpbank’s existing offerings, including WP3 and wpNex.

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Founded in 2020, lemon.markets offers easy API-based access to capital markets for banks, fintechs, and asset managers. Their platform supports features like fractional trading, real-time processing, and fully digital workflows, and serves top clients such as Tomorrow, Optio, and Holvi.

Kristina Lindenbaum, Board Member for Client and Digital Transformation at dwpbank, says: With the technological know-how and innovative offering from lemon.markets, we can now offer Banks, as well as Fintechs and Asset Managers, the best of both worlds in the securities business - expertise and stability combined with innovative strength. Within the dwpbank Group, we are enabling our partners to capture growth opportunities in a securities market increasingly shaped by neo- and online brokers.

The dwpbank Group is adopting a two-brand strategy, keeping both companies independent while aligning their efforts to harness shared strengths. Together, they will drive platform development, accelerate innovation and offer a flexible service portfolio that helps traditional financial institutions and fintechs respond swiftly to market shifts.

By integrating their platforms and co-developing solutions, clients and partners will benefit from a wider, more competitive service range—from full custody to digital Brokerage-as-a-Service—tailored to meet diverse customer needs.

Max Linden, Founder and CEO of lemon.markets, says: Both companies share the mission to make investing in capital markets more accessible - the best foundation for our cooperation. Alongside our technological leadership, we’re sending a signal of strength to existing and future partners and customers. With accelerated time-to-market, a modular service offering, and a modern customer experience, together with dwpbank, we are making financial service providers more competitive.

This partnership positions both companies as key drivers in the transformation of the securities market. Together, they are building a robust ecosystem for securities services—demonstrating how customer-centricity, technological innovation, and regulatory know-how can set new industry benchmarks.

The lemon.markets leadership team will stay in place. The acquisition is pending approval from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and other customary conditions, with closing anticipated by autumn 2025.

About lemon.markets

Founded in 2020, lemon.markets offers a Brokerage-as-a-Service platform that gives banks, asset managers, and fintechs seamless access to capital markets via a single API. By simplifying securities trading, it empowers businesses to offer top-tier investing experiences and aims to make investing accessible for all Europeans.