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Onfido Promotes Yuelin Li to Chief Product Officer to Lead Product Strategy

Identity verification platform Onfido has promoted Yuelin Li to Chief Product Officer to oversee product strategy and direction, and further establish Onfido’s category leadership in identity verification and fraud mitigation. Li has been instrumenta...

SDX, BEKB and Daura Team Up to Enable SMEs to Issue Tokenised Shares

Berner Kantonalbank (BEKB), SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) and digital share platform daura are partnering to enable SMEs to issue their shares digitally in a regulated, intermediated form. BEKB will provide their secondary liquidity SMEx platform, daura...

Wealth Managers Reluctant to Invest in Crypto

Wealth managers around the world are still reluctant to invest in cryptocurrency on behalf of their clients amid concerns over the lack of regulation, the lack of education as well as high volatility, a new study by American asset management company...

Zuger Lending Startup i2 Group bekommt 3.8 Mio. Franken Finanzierung

Das Zuger Fintech i2 invest hat im Rahmen einer überzeichneten Finanzierungsrunde die Finanzierung um insgesamt 3.8 Mio. Fr. erhöht. Zu den Investoren gehören Schweizer Business Angel und ein englischer Hedge Fund-Manager. Zudem beteiligten sich zwei...

Swiss Universal Banks Top Digital Performance Ranking Ahead of Neobanks and Challengers

Traditional banking institutions are performing better than digital challengers on their digital presence, engagement, social media and app usage, according to Colombus Consulting’s latest edition of the Digital Index and Performance of Swiss Players...

Yokoy Brings Its Spend Management Automation Platform to Spain

Swiss spend management automation company Yokoy has opened an office in Madrid to better serve mid-to-large sized enterprises in Spain with a local team. Yokoy helps companies centralise spending activities in a single platform, automate processes by...

Meet the 10 Fintech Startups Selected for the Venture Leaders 2022 Cohort

Venturelab has selected 10 Swiss fintech startups for the fifth edition of the Venture Leaders Fintech programme, organised in partnership with Swissnex and supported by EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), ETH Zürich, and Walder Wyss. Th...

Revolut, Wise and Neon Are the Cheapest Neobanks in Switzerland

Online comparison service moneyland.ch conducted a study to compare the cost of using banking, card and foreign exchange services provided by seven leading neobanks in Switzerland — CSX, Neon, Revolut, Wise, Yapeal, Yuh, and Zak. The study found Brit...

Relai Partners Checkout.com to Enable Instant Bitcoin Purchases

Swiss Bitcoin investment app Relai has partnered with global payments provider Checkout.com to enable its users to buy the cryptocurrency via Visa, Mastercard and Apple Pay in real time through its self-custodial wallet. The partnership with Checkout...

vestr Raises CHF 10M in a Round Led by Raiffeisen Bank’s Elevator Ventures

Swiss investment management technology company vestr has raised CHF 10 million in a funding round led by Elevator Ventures, the venture capital arm of Vienna-based Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI). The round was said to include high profile family...

Microsoft Switzerland Appoints Christian Thier as New Financial Services Industry Lead

Microsoft Switzerland has appointed Christian Thier as its new Financial Services Industry (FSI) Lead, reporting directly to the country general manager and serving as part of Microsoft’s Swiss leadership team. Christian Thier has been leading Micros...

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TripActions Raises US$150M at US$9.2B Valuation as Business Travel Recovers

Travel expense management platform TripActions has raised a US$300 million Series G at a US$9.2 billion post-money valuation. The raise is a combination of US$154 million in equity and a US$150 million structured capital transaction led by Coatue. Th...

Mastercard, Paxos Launch Crypto Trading Solutions for Financial Institutions

Mastercard has launched Crypto Source, a new programme to provide the payment giant’s financial institution partners access to a suite of buy, hold and sell services for select crypto assets. Additionally, Mastercard is also expanding its partnership...

SEBA Bank Is Now an ETP Issuer on the BX Swiss

Swiss stock exchange BX Swiss announced that crypto bank SEBA Bank is now issuing exchange-traded products (ETPs) on its platform with a tracker certificate on the SEBA Metaverse Index for trading. SEBA Bank’s ETP, which trades under the ticker SMETA...