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London-based payments platform Paysafe has signed an agreement to acquire German fintech company, viafintech, in an all-cash transaction for an undiclosed sum and will be finalised in the coming months.
viafintech, known under the brands of Barzahlen...
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DriveWealth, US-based specialist of embedded finance, fractional investing in US equities, and API-driven brokerage infrastructure, announced a US$450 million Series D with a valuation of US$2.85 billion.
The round was co-led by New York-based global...
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2 years ago
PostFinance, the financial services unit of Swiss Post, has appointed Benjamin Staeheli as the new Head of Payment Solutions who will also be joining the Executive Board as of 1 January 2022.
Benjamin Staeheli
Staeheli will be joining the Payment Sol...
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2 years ago
European payments firm Worldline and Swiss cryptocurrency trading platform Bitcoin Suisse announce the go-live of their omnichannel crypto payment solution WL Crypto Payments.
The integrated service allows more than 85,000 Swiss merchants on Worldlin...
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2 years ago
Canadian travel tech company Hopper announced that it has completed a US$175 million Series G financing round led by New York’s GPI Capital.
The fundraise also saw participation from Glade Brook Capital, WestCap, Goldman Sachs Growth and Accomp...
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2 years ago
London-headquartered fintech giant Revolut has extended its partnership with BearingPoint RegTech, a Netherlands-based regtech solution provider, to support its United Kingdom (UK) expansion plans.
Revolut will be extending the use of the Abacus360 B...
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Colombia’s fintech sector is growing at a fast pace with now more than 320 companies operating in various segments ranging from online lending and digital payments, to business finance and wealthtech. This makes Colombia the third largest fintech hub...
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2 years ago
Zurich-based bitcoin investing startup Relai announced that Imo Bábics will join as Chief Marketing Officer to lead the company’s European expansion plans.
He brings over twelve years of marketing experience to Relai and a proven track record i...
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2 years ago
Valuu, a fully digital mortgage brokerage platform in Switzerland launched by PostFinance, is expanding its services with transparent, digital comparison options for personal loans.
Five Swiss lenders Migros Bank, BANK-now, Cembra Money Bank, eny Fin...
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2 years ago
London-based payments platform Paysafe signed a deal to acquire Latin American digital payments firm SafetyPay for US$ 441 million in an all-cash transaction that is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Paysafe said in a statement that th...
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2 years ago
Swiss cantonal bank Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB) and Geneva-based private bank Lombard Odier are planning a partnership in the field of sustainable investments for the former’s customers.
As part of this collaboration, both entities...
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2 years ago
Austrian digital investment platform Bitpanda has raised US$263 million in funding at a US$4.1 billion valuation 4 months after gaining unicorn status.
The Series C funding round was led by Valar Ventures, with the participation of Alan Howard and RE...
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2 years ago
With open finance increasingly coming to the public’s attention in Switzerland, discussions on API standards are accelerating. In July, industry trade group Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI) released a whitepaper outlining key considerations to addres...
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2 years ago
In den kommenden Monaten wird die BEKB mit Unterstützung der Hypothekarbank Lenzburg und der daura AG eine Plattform für die Transaktion und die Verwaltung von tokenisierten Assets entwickeln.
Der Handel wird auf Basis der bestehenden Nebenwerteplatt...
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2 years ago
San Francisco-based challenger bank Chime Financial announced that it has secured a funding of US$750 million, pushing its valuation to US$25 billion ahead of a planned initial public offering (IPO) early next year.
The funding round was led by new i...