News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Checkout.com, a London-based payments solutions provider, raised US$1 billion in its Series D funding round at a valuation of US$40 billion. The firm has more than doubled its valuation since its US$450 million Series C a year ago. Primary investors...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Around the world, independent digital banks are growing and maturing. As awareness and adoption surged on the back of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors continued pouring billions of dollars into the sector, pushing valuations to all-time high levels....
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
SEBA Bank, a digital assets firm with a Swiss banking license from FINMA, announced that it has raised CHF 110 million in a significantly oversubscribed Series C funding round. The round was co-led by Altive, Ordway Selections, and Summer Capital, as...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
BBVA Switzerland’s crypto asset service, launched last June, is now also offering Ether. Through a personalized digital wallet on the BBVA app, both cryptocurrencies can now be automatically converted into any fiat currency, and vice versa. The servi...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Revolut has operationalized its Lithuania-based European specialized banking licence in 10 European markets. Customers in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden who upgrade to Revolut Bank fo...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Swiss securitisation specialist GenTwo announced that former banker Martha Boeckenfeld will be joining its advisory board with immediate effect. Working together with the GenTwo team, she will play an important role as a new member of the advisory bo...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Qonto announced today it has raised €486 million in Series D funding, bringing Qonto’s valuation to €4.4 billion. This amount is unprecedented in the French tech ecosystem and is one of the largest funding rounds ever recorded in French history. This...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
France SME Banking Startup Qonto announced today it has raised €486 million in Series D funding, bringing Qonto’s valuation to €4.4 billion. This amount is unprecedented in the French tech ecosystem and is one of the largest funding rounds ever recor...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
UBS Next launched in October 2020 to identify new venture opportunities within the start-up ecosystem. For this, they did a strategic collaboration with Anthemis, a global venture capital fund with expertise in fintech investing. In April 2021 they...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
PayFit, payroll and HR management solution for SMEs, announced that it has raised €254M in a Series E funding round, a record-breaking amount for a French human resources (HR) startup. General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, led the ro...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
The New Year has started with a sharp fall in the price of bitcoin – and some intriguing stories surrounding the Swiss cryptocurrency scene. The industry is well used to volatility in the price of cryptocurrencies and is ploughing on with expansion p...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
In Europe, companies of all sizes and from all sectors are waking up to the embedded finance opportunity with most planning to the join the movement by integrating seamless payment capabilities, a new study by paytech and banking-as-a-service (BaaS)...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Bitcoin Suisse announced that Dr. Dirk Klee, currently CEO Wealth Management & Investments of Barclays UK, will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Bitcoin Suisse as of April 1, 2022. Dr. Arthur Vayloyan will step down from his current role...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
iProov, a leader in online biometric face authentication announced a $70 million (USD) growth investment from Sumeru Equity Partners. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Sumeru invests in technology firms with the potential to change the world, with a p...
News / Switzerland - 4 years ago
Despite Switzerland being a global banking hub, a study commissioned by fintech firm Crealogix found low adoption of digital functionalities and low satisfaction ratings of digital banking amongst Swiss small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The...