Category : News

Oracle Starts European Fintech Innovation Program with B-Hive Europe

Oracle has chosen Brussels as a European gateway to roll out its Fintech Innovation Program to Europe. Oracle plans to dedicate additional European staff and resources to set up mutually monetizable relationships with fintechs and digital banking inn...

Token Fest Announces Second Highly-Anticipated Event in Boston

Token Fest has announced its second event in North America, taking place at the Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center in Boston, September 13 – 14, 2018. The event will feature a new trifold conference format designed for VIP’s entitled: Insti...

The Next Big Thing: Cryptocurrency Donations

2017 was undeniably the year of cryptocurrencies, with the overall market capitalization reaching more than US$350 billion towards the end of that year. While cryptocurrencies are often perceived as a way to make a quick buck for the average individu...

Blockchain Abstimmung in Zug Erfolgreich Gestartet

Am 25. Juni um 10.00 Uhr hat Stadtpräsident Dolfi Müller mit seiner digitalen ID an der ersten blockchainbasierten Konsultativabstimmung in der Stadt Zug teilgenommen und diese damit eröffnet. Die Abstimmung umfasst zwei Ja-/Nein-Fragen und eine Frag...

London Fintech Week 2018 Announces the FCA, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America and IBM as Event Headliners

London Fintech Week 2018 is pleased to announce the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America and IBM as event headliners, alongside Société Générale, Consensys, IOTA, Thomson Reuters and Oracle. The event, sponsored...

Switzerland Fintech 2nd Place at FinTech Awards Luxembourg

New York-based fintech company, Hydrogen was announced as the winner of the third edition of the Fintech Awards Luxembourg on 20 June 2018 at KPMG Luxembourg’s headquarters in Kirchberg. Lingua Custodia (France) and Apiax (Switzerland) were, respecti...

Exchange Leftover Euros for Bitcoin or Ethereum at Amsterdam Airport

Starting now, passengers at Schiphol can exchange their leftover euros for Bitcoin or Ethereum at a ‘Bitcoin ATM’. The ATM is a trial and Schiphol is the first European airport to offer this service. Tanja Dik, director of Consumer Products & Se...

Digital Insurance Group Partners with Zurich Insurance & Scores 15m EUR in Funding

Digital Insurance Group DIG (former Knip) just entered into a multi-year collaboration agreement with Zurich Insurance Group, adding another blue chip name to its customer list. The financing round complementing the commercial agreement amounts to EU...

AdNovum Lanciert Secure Blockchain for Business

Mit ihrem neuen Angebot Secure Blockchain for Business stellt AdNovum Unternehmen und Organisationen eine sichere Plattform für den effizienten Aufbau und Betrieb digitaler Business-Ökosysteme auf der Basis von Blockchain zur Verfügung. Unter dem Lab...

Dukascopy Bank Welcomes Crypto Exchanges And Crypto Brokers

Following its strategical decision of becoming a crypto friendly Swiss bank, Dukascopy Bank announced that it makes the second step in this direction, opening accounts for players of the crypto industry. The first move has been to start offering CF...

Industry Stakeholders Partner on Blockchain Based Margin and Collateral Solution

ABN AMRO Clearing, EuroCCP, Euroclear and Nasdaq have completed a joint proof of concept to make the use of securities more efficient when used to cover margin calls, including after business hours, using blockchain, or distributed ledger technology...

Bexio meldet über 15’000 Kunden

Bereits über 15’000 Unternehmen arbeiten mit der Business Software bexio. Damit baut bexio seine Position als einer der führenden Anbieter cloudbasierter Business Software für Schweizer Kleinunternehmen weiter aus. Nun soll das Wachstum weiter beschl...

LegalTech Too Enable Banks To Cut Costs And Boost Efficiency

Smart technologies are maturing and set to disrupt the traditional conservative legal market. Banks in particular can leverage these to dramatically reduce their costs and boost efficiency, according to a new report. Pic Courtesy: ABA Law Student Tec...

Proxeus and WWF Switzerland Put Donation On The Blockchain

Charitable donation is the lifeblood of global NGOs like WWF, yet the good intentions of donation come hand-in-hand with issues of their own. Accountability for the donation, the transaction costs of processing so many individual contributions, and c...

Iot Zieht Investitionen Aus Fintech Und Insurtech An

Das Internet of Things (IoT) ist noch immer ein neuartiges Konzept in der Finanzdienstleistung, deren oftmals komplexes regulatorisches Umfeld die Einführung neuer Technologien mit grossen Ecosystemen verhindert. Trotzdem hat sein disruptives Potenzi...