Category : News

AI Neobanks McKinsey Study: Long-Term Success of Virtual Banks Hinges on Ability to Leverage AI, Data Analytics

Neobanks are proliferating around the world on the back of strong trends including technological advancements, regulatory changes and evolving customer expectations. And yet, despite the favorable market conditions, many are still struggling to turn...

Shaping the Future of Fintech and Insurtech: Insights From Switzerland’s Top Startup Competition Winners

Switzerland’s premier startup competition, >>venture>>, recently concluded its highly anticipated Award Ceremony on June 26th at EPFL, where it crowned the most promising early-stage startups in the country. The Finance & Insurance ve...

Checkout.com Launches Video-Based AI Identify Solution

Checkout.com, the global payments solution provider, launches Identity Verification, its first product focused on improving the customer onboarding and identity verification process and expanding Checkout.com’s impact on customers’ digital experience...

The Cheapest and Best Swiss Neobanks for Summer Travel

Online comparison service moneyland.ch compared offers from neobanks ahead of the summer travel season. Neon and Revolut got the best marks for using cards outside of Switzerland. Yuh takes first place in the comparison of accounts and interest rates...

Use of Digital Investment and Retirement Planning Solutions Picks up in Switzerland

In Switzerland, an increasing number of consumers are turning to digital solutions to independently build wealth and prepare for their future retirement life. A new study conducted by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in collaborati...

Vergleich von zwei Schweizer “Mini ERP”: Bexio und Swiss21

Ein ERP ist ein integriertes Managementsystem, mit dem verschiedene administrative Aspekte eines Unternehmens verwaltet werden können. Finanz-, Personal-, Produktions- oder Zeitmanagement – alles kann online verwaltet werden. Ein ERP zielt darauf...

SumUp Selects Form3 for UK Payments to Boost Growth

SumUp, the financial partner for over 4 million businesses worldwide, has selected Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account payments platform, to provide direct access into the UK Faster Payments Scheme (FPS) and Bacs Scheme to further enhance its...

N26 Launches Local IBAN Accounts in France

N26 announced the launch of its French IBAN bank accounts. Aimed at combating IBAN discrimination, the French IBAN gives French consumers another reason to leverage N26 as their primary bank account. Starting today, all new N26 customers in France wi...

Numarics sichert sich 10 Millionen CHF Seed Funding, UBS als Investorin dabei

Das Schweizer Fintech-Startup Numarics hat sich eine Seed-Runde in Höhe von 10 Millionen CHF für seine KI-gestützte Finanz- und Administrationslösung für KMU gesichert. Die Investition wurde von UBS über UBS Next, den Geschäftsbereich für Venture und...

Smartes Heim: Ideen für die Integration von Elektronik im Haushalt

Unsere Häuser werden schlauer. Intelligente Sprachsteuerung, automatisierte Routinen und Roboter in allen Räumen – der Fantasie sind fast keine Grenzen mehr gesetzt. In diesem Ratgeber sind ein paar Ideen gesammelt, um verschiedene smarte Elektronik...

Banks Team up with Fintech Companies to Enhance Payment Offerings

Banks from around the world are teaming up with fintech companies to expand their payment offerings in a bid to enhance customer experience and respond to rising competition, a new analysis by FXC Intelligence, a financial data company specializing i...

Digitaler Briefkasten und automatisierte Buchhaltung: PEAX und accounto vertiefen die Zusammenarbeit

Zwischen Unternehmen und Treuhänder:innen gibt es in der Regel einen für beide Seiten kritischen Punkt: Die rasche und vollständige Zustellung der Belege. Was bisher von Medienbrüchen, mehrfachem gegenseitigem Nachfragen und dadurch von Verzögerungen...

Selma Raised 1.3 Million CHF From Community Crowdinvesting Campaign

Selma set a goal of 1 Million CHF/EUR at the beginning of the campaign. The plan was to keep the campaign running for 2 weeks and focus on their community. “After one week it became clear that we would reach 1 Million even earlier and had additional...

Generative AI Frenzy Pushes Nvidia Market Capitalization Past US$1T Mark

Nvidia reached a market capitalization of more than US$1 trillion early this month, becoming the ninth company in history and the world’s first chipmaker to cross that threshold, according to Bloomberg and the Guardian. The company joined fellow tech...

Europe’s ‘Neo-Banks’ Open New Opportunities for the Distribution of Creditor Insurance

A multitude of ‘neo-banks’ have been formed in recent years, offering a range of banking services through digital channels and especially mobile banking apps. Despite the rapid proliferation and growth of these organisations, however, Finaccord’s res...