News / Switzerland - 11 hours ago
A new white paper published by Banking Circle, has identified the stealth effect outdated payments processes are having on the insurance sector. The white paper reveals that out-dated and manually intensive collection and reconciliation systems are s...
News / Switzerland - 1 day ago
The Regtech: Beyond Compliance report by Frost&Sullivan was commissioned by Enterprise Ireland to analyse key trends in the global regtech market. In it, they refer to a 2017 Frost & Sullivan end-user survey of banking, financial services and...
News / Switzerland - 2 days ago
Ten years after the global banking crisis, the Swiss financial industry faces its next crucial challenge. Once again, it must fundamentally renew itself, and perhaps even selectively reinvent itself. The driving force behind this new evolution is the...
News / Switzerland - 2 days ago
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its advice to the European Union (EU) institutions on crypto-assets and initial coin offerings (ICOs) regulation, calling for a common EU-wide regulatory approach. In its advice paper...
News / Switzerland - 3 days ago
Through a simple connection, wealth managers in Switzerland, banks and asset managers can now provide their clients with an end-to-end service offering for digital assets with Vontobel’s new solution ‘Digital Asset Vault’. As a result, clients can is...
News / Switzerland - 3 days ago
In the banking industry’s quest towards open banking, standardisation has now become the name of the game towards global applicability. There is a consistent push and pull between whether these standards should come from regulators or industry...
News / Switzerland - 3 days ago
The new Swiss Fintech Startup Map counts now 308 members. 19 new Swiss Fintech Startups joined the map: Craider Technologies GmbH Mimic GmbH noku AG Tiberius Technology Ventures AG Token Estate SA RevenYou GmbH MyBit Foundation Oakura Ventures AG A...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
Referred to as the “tech breakthrough megatrend” by PwC, blockchain is poised to change the rules by automating trust, increasing transparency and simplifying business processes. However, to unleash its full potential, several challenges must be addr...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), an institutional-grade, regulated digital asset exchange, has added Ripple (XRP) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). The GBX is part of is part of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) Group. Nick Cowan, Ma...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
Referred to as the “tech breakthrough megatrend” by PwC, blockchain is poised to change the rules by automating trust, increasing transparency and simplifying business processes. However, to unleash its full potential, several challenges must be addr...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
More then 70 Fintech Startups applied for the Swiss Fintech Awards 2019. The jury has pre-selected a very interesting mix of five Swiss Early Stage Fintech Startups and five Growth Stage Swiss Fintech Startups. The winners will be announced during th...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
A recent customer survey carried by leading finance management portal Nummo has brought forward monetary concerns among the citizens in the upcoming year. Conducted in the month of October, the survey has revealed that debt obligation is the numero u...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
2018 was a disastrous year for cryptocurrencies, which saw their value plunge by 80% between January and September. But as we begin 2019, industry participants remain overall confident on the future of cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
Blockchains versprechen grossangelegte offene Internetanwendungen, die vollständig dezentral organisiert sind. Der Preis dafür ist eine zähe Geschwindigkeit bei jeder Transaktion, die von dem System verarbeitet wird. Professor Sebastian Faust, Krypt...
News / Switzerland - 1 week ago
Die Crypto Fund AG, eine Tochtergesellschaft der Crypto Finance AG, gibt die Ernennung von Christoph Steiger als Head of Sales bekannt. Christoph verstärkt das Team und übernimmt die Verantwortung für den Vertrieb sowie das Kundenbeziehungsmanagement...