News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
In just a few years, the canton of Zug has emerged as a major blockchain hub with now over 380 blockchain companies domiciled in the canton. Today, Zug, nicknamed Crypto Valley for the large number of blockchain startups there, hosts some of the worl...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
From January 16th to 18th, right before the World Economic Forum, 260 guests attended the highly anticipated Crypto Finance Conference St. Moritz 2019. Despite the arrival of the crypto winter in the scene, the conference was completely sold out at t...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Zurich-based Trust Square blockchain hub has appointed Thomas Meister as its general manager. The move follows the hub’s recent expansion to become the world’s largest centre for blockchain startups and research, and represents another important step...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
New research amongst institutional investors from the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) – a blockchain ecosystem assocation – reveals 63% believe senior executives at large established businesses have a poor understanding of block...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
With the Valuu app, PostFinance has launched the first fully digital mortgage brokerage platform. It provides users with easy, fast access to a suitable mortgage from various providers, regardless of time or location – whether it be a new purchase or...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Beginning today, o2 Banking customers in Germany will gain access to WeltSparen’s wide range of savings and investment products directly through their mobile o2 Banking app. In Germany’s ongoing low-interest environment, o2 Banking customers looking...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Investment company CV VC, in collaboration with PwC Strategy & and IT partner inacta, has published its new quarterly list of the largest and most important companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein’s Crypto Valley Blockchain cluster. The survey...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has unveiled a new signature product, the Ledger Nano X, a Bluetooth-enabled hardware wallet with enhanced security and an improved user experience and design. Ledger Nano X device and the Ledger Liv...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has unveiled a new signature product, the Ledger Nano X, a Bluetooth-enabled hardware wallet with enhanced security and an improved user experience and design. Ledger Nano X device and the Ledger Liv...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Alipay, the mobile and digital payments platform of Ant Financial, Alibaba’s financial affiliate, has been granted an electronic money license in Luxembourg as the service accelerates its expansion across Europe. The launch of the new Luxembourg lice...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Following a 2017 China launch, Swatch brings its NFC payments watch, stylised as SwatchPay to Swiss shores. In a collaboration with Mastercard, the “credit card watch” comes with an NFC radio chip hidden underneath the watch dial. Custome...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Falcon Private Bank, a Zurich-based wealth manager now allows its clients to transfer a limited variety of cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether and Litecoin) to segregated Falcon wallets. According to the website, the cryptocurrencies are sto...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Wer fit ist im Umgang mit komplexen Datenstrukturen und programmieren kann, ist gefragt auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Finanzfachleute in der Schweiz können sich jetzt diese Kompetenzen gezielt mit dem neuen Lehrgang von AZEK zum Chartered Financial Data Scie...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
A new white paper published by Banking Circle, has identified the stealth effect outdated payments processes are having on the insurance sector. The white paper reveals that out-dated and manually intensive collection and reconciliation systems are s...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The Regtech: Beyond Compliance report by Frost&Sullivan was commissioned by Enterprise Ireland to analyse key trends in the global regtech market. In it, they refer to a 2017 Frost & Sullivan end-user survey of banking, financial services and...