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>>venture>> Unveils 2020 Swiss Fintech and Insurtech Winners

>>venture>>, a competition for up-and-coming entrepreneurs in Switzerland, has unveiled the 10 finalists and the winners for the 2020 finance and insurance category. Established in 1997, >>venture>> is an annual startup compet...

A Blockchain-Based COVID-19 Records App for Cyprus

With the pandemic putting healthcare systems under strain worldwide, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are also shifting requirements for data security and sharing. The public blockchain platform, VeChain furthers the collaboration with I-Dante...

A COVID-19 Regulatory Guide for Financial Institutions in Europe

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, regulators across Europe have put in place various measures to ensure continuity and sustainability of the financial sector. In a new guide released earlier this month, international law firm Baker McKenzie provides inform...

Schweizer eKYC Regtech Startup Spider holt ex Avaloq CEO als Investor

KYC Spider, ein Schweizer RegTech-Startup, gibt die Aufnahme von Tobias Unger als Investor und Verwaltungsratsmitglied bekannt KYC Spider freut sich, die jüngste Ergänzung seiner hochkarätigen Liste von Unterstützern und Verwaltungsräten bekannt zu g...

IBM and Verum Capital are Helping Businesses Leverage Blockchain

IBM and Verum Capital, a Swiss-based blockchain advisory boutique, are collaborating to help businesses accelerate their use of digital assets, by scaling and securing blockchain solutions. The rise of the digital economy According to Research and Ma...

Blockchain and DLT: No Changes for Swiss Tax Law

During its meeting on 19 June 2020, the Federal Council took note of the report on the need to amend tax law with regard to blockchain. The report concluded that no special legislative amendments to tax law are necessary. As regards income, profit, w...

Blockchain-Gesetzgebung: Schweizer Blockchain Federation begrüsst Entscheid

Der Nationalrat hat am 17. Juni 2020 einer innovationsfreundlichen Rechtsgrundlage für dezentrale Anwendungen und Geschäftsmodelle zugestimmt. Die Swiss Blockchain Federation freut sich über den Entscheid und ist zuversichtlich, dass die Gesetzesä...

b-sharpe: FX Transactions 5 to 10 Times Cheaper than a Bank

COVID-19 is impacting businesses of all sizes and from all industries. In Switzerland, gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to contract by around 6% this year in one of the strongest declines since the oil crisis in the 1970s, the Swiss National...

Fintech Influencer Switzerland Interview Series: 7 Fragen an Miki Vayloyan

Fintechnews.ch interviewt in einer Serie von Kurz-Interviews bekannte Schweizer Fintech Influenzer. Heute sprechen wir mit Miki Vayloyan.* Miki ist CEO vom Zuger Regtech Startup KYC Spider und eine der Top Fintech CEOs der Schweiz . Sie wurde von Osc...

Luzerner Kantonalbank Implementiert PFM Lösung von Contovista

Positive Kundenerlebnisse gewinnen im Zuge der Digitalisierung weiterhin an Relevanz und bilden ein zentrales Differenzierungsmerkmal im Wettbewerb. Die Optimierung der Customer Experience, Steigerung des User Engagements und zeitgleiche Sicherung de...

BX Swiss Uses Blockchain to Protect Approved Securities Prospectuses Against Falsification

As part of its role as a prospectus review office under the Financial Services Act, BX Swiss reviews and deposits securities prospectuses. In order to ensure that prospectuses always correspond to the approved version, BX Swiss has integrated the cer...

New CEO for Privatam, the Customized Investments Fintech

Privatam announced the appointment of a new CEO, the Swiss-Italian Massimo Passamonti, co-founder of the Fintech offering its services to wealth managers. Massimo Passamonti, a graduate nuclear engineer, started his career at the European Centre for...

St.Galler Kantonalbank baut Open Wealthtech API

Synpulse unterstützt die St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB) dabei, standardisierte Programmierschnittstellen (APIs) für ihre Depotbank-Services gegenüber ihren externen Vermögensverwaltern (eVV) zu entwerfen. Die neuen OpenWealth APIs werden gemeinsam mi...

COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Adoption in Real Estate: Proptech Ventures Report

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the real estate industry to accelerate its digital transformation, bringing both challenges and opportunities to the sector, according to a new report by independent European venture capital (VC) fund PropTech1 Ventur...

Swiss Fintech Loanboox Appoints new CEO and CRO

The Zurich based debt capital market platform Loanboox is broadening its executive team: Philippe Cayrol joins the Fintech as its new CEO. The experienced start-up manager takes over from founder Stefan Muehlemann who will focus on his role as Execut...