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2 years ago
Singaporean insurtech firm bolttech announced it has acquired i-surance, a next-generation B2B2C digital insurance platform based in Switzerland.
The acquisition of i-surance extends bolttech’s global footprint from 14 to 26 markets across North Amer...
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2 years ago
Visa has signed a definitive agreement to acquire London-based payments startup Currencycloud, Visa announced today. The acquisition builds on an existing strategic partnership between the two companies.
Visa had led an $80 million investment round f...
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2 years ago
Mit freeME bringt die Glarner Kantonalbank eine kostengünstige Freizügigkeitslösung auf den Markt, die komplett online ausgerichtet ist. Damit schliesst die Bank einmal mehr mit einer innovativen Plattform eine Lücke im Digital Banking.
freeME heisst...
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2 years ago
Out of the CHF 1.4 billion raised by Swiss startups in Q2 2021, CHF 677 million, or nearly half of that sum, went towards fintech companies, according to a new report by Startup.ch, Switzerland’s largest startup directory and a leading news platform....
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2 years ago
London-headquartered fintech giant Revolut is betting on the rebound of the travel sector. The company launched a new feature called Stays, that allows users to book hotels and other accommodation through the app.
With its premium plans, Revolut̵...
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2 years ago
Swiss wealth management group Julius Baer has formed a partnership with Wecan Comply, a blockchain-based compliance platform for private banks and external asset managers.
Wecan Comply’s solution helps prevent compliance and administrative work...
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2 years ago
Yapily, a London-based open banking infrastructure provider, announced the first closing of its US$51 million Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures.
Existing investors Lakestar, HV Capital and Latitude also participated in the round. With t...
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2 years ago
LGT, an international private banking and asset management group owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein, has agreed to acquire a strategic minority stake in the Germany-based digital wealth manager LIQID.
In the future, LGT will contribute to t...
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2 years ago
The recent Weath and Asset Management Report 2021 by Oliver Wyman and Morgan Stanley sheds light on emerging industry trends as the global market is poised to grow significantly over the next few years.
According to the report, wealth and asset manag...
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Switzerland -
2 years ago
Frohe Kunde beim Fussballclub Schaffhausen. Mit wefox steigt ein Insurtech Partner beim Stadtclub ein, der dem Stadion einen neuen Namen verleiht.
Die Firma wefox Switzerland AG mit Sitz in Roggwil BE, gehört zur wefox, welches Kapitalgeberin von wef...
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2 years ago
With digital payments picking up pace across the globe, social media giant Facebook is extending its payment services to online retailers.
Shopify has become the first e-commerce platform to sign up for Facebook Pay. This will allow Shopify merchants...
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2 years ago
Circle and Mastercard announced an engagement to use the USD Coin (USDC) to facilitate crypto-to-fiat conversions in a pilot programme to expand the ability of issuers and crypto businesses to enable customers to spend their crypto assets.
The engage...
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Switzerland -
2 years ago
M1 Finance, an all-in-one money management platform, announced that it has secured US$150 million during a Series E funding round, the firm is now valued at US$1.45 billion.
SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 led the round, with participation from existing inv...
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2 years ago
Over the last few years, digital banking in Latin America (Latam) has experienced extraordinary growth on the back of changing customer needs, expanding technological penetration and rapidly evolving regulatory standards.
Since 2017, the number of di...
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2 years ago
Swiss B2B proptech startup PriceHubble announced that it has successfully completed its Series B funding round and raised US$ 34 million.
The financing round was strongly oversubscribed and led by Digital+ Partners, a European growth equity investor....