News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Swiss Re and Daimler Insurance Services have launched a new company called Movinx for automotive and mobility insurance. Both shareholders of the 50/50 joint venture will leverage their expertise to establish a new business model. The aim is to devel...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Central banks around the world are exploring the potential of digital currencies to improve monetary transactions. While so-called central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) appear to be upon us, promising many benefits including faster and cheaper tran...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Temenos announced that FlowBank has selected Temenos Transact to power its new digital bank in Switzerland. Temenos Transact core banking technology is said to enable FlowBank to rapidly launch and offer a new investing experience to private and inst...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Mt Pelerin, a Swiss blockchain company specialising in banking and finance, unveiled a new process to make security tokens bankable with financial institutions in a move to accelerate adoption by all types of investors. Mt Pelerin made its first brea...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Meniga, provider of AI-powered digital banking solutions, announced that it has expanded its business to the US, with a dedicated team appointed to drive sales operations. The new US team – operating remotely before opening planned premises in...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
The recently released Bilanz’s list of top 100 Swiss bankers serves to recognise and celebrate the contributions that these financial leaders have made in the region. We would like to highlight the additions of eight fintech “bankers̶...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
The world’s purported first blockchain-focused art, Block 21 was sold off at Christie’s, renown auction house. Block 21 is a part of Portraits of a Mind, a global art project decentralising the founding code behind Bitcoin into 40 fragments. Po...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
You can reset your PIN after a data breach, you can reset your password after a data breach, you can reset your security questions after a data breach – but can you reset your face? Sure, there’s surgery, but clearly that’s asymmetry of the amount of...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Amazon launched its latest payment technology using a new biometric system that uses palm recognition, allowing its users to do everyday activities like paying at a store, presenting a loyalty card, entering a location etc. The service, called Amazon...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing global economic crisis have shaken up the fintech industry, forcing many to readjust their strategies and expand their revenue streams on the back of a contracted funding environment. After growing more than 25% a ye...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Berner Kantonalbank (BEKB) joins venture capital firm Swiss Immo Lab, to invest in innovative proptech startups. BEKB is now the fourth partner alongside Avobis, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg and Gebäudeversicherung Bern (GVB). Since its inception in Decem...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Hitachi Europe announced a partnership to launch integrated insurance-based offerings for the digital era. As organisations increasingly depend on Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered automation for critical business...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Salesforce announced its second Impact Fund worth US$100 million from Salesforce Ventures, the company’s global strategic investment arm. The new fund will accelerate the growth of cloud companies addressing some of today’s most pressing needs includ...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
In der Schweiz gibt es zahlreiche Wege, um einen Kredit zu erhalten und zahlreiche Anbieter, aus denen man wählen kann. Herkömmliche Kreditgeber oder Crowdlending-Plattformen – beide haben ihre jeweiligen Vorteile und Nachteile, die berücksicht...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
SIX has completed the “ATMfutura” migration where banks that have equipped their ATMs with a standardised software, enabling users to carry out financial transactions regardless of the operator of the device. As an operator of the infrastructure for...