Category : Switzerland

Top 5 Fintech Cities in the USA

A world leader in tech innovation, it comes with little surprise that the US has produced some of the world’s biggest fintech companies with widely renowned names including PayPal, Square and Stripe. Today, the country hosts some of the largest and m...

Swisscom Selects AWS for Its Move Towards a Cloud-Native 5G Network

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that Swisscom, a Switzerland-base telecommunications company, has selected AWS as its preferred public cloud provider for its enterprise IT. Swisscom is pursuing a cloud-first strategy and w...

NSF lanciert den SME Lending Fund Switzerland

Über die Schweizer Marketplace Lending-Plattformen Cashare, Crowd4Cash und Lend investiert der neu aufgesetzte Anlagefonds von NSF diversifiziert in Schweizer und liechtensteinische KMU Kredite. Professionelle und qualifizierte Anleger erhalten dadur...

World Wealth Report 2021 Highlights Booming Wealthtech Sector, Rising Crypto Adoption

The wealth management sector is undergoing a profound transformation on the back of macroeconomic, technological and social shifts. High-net-worth-individuals (HNWIs) are increasingly investing in emerging asset classes, evolving client profiles and...

UK’s Credit Scoring Platform ClearScore Secures US$200 Million Investment

ClearScore, a UK-based free credit scoring service and marketplace, announced that it has secured US$200 million from global equity investor Invus Opportunities, pushing its valuation to US$700 million. The investment is a mix of primary and secondar...

German Fintech Deposit Solutions Merges With Rival Raisin to Form Raisin DS

Deposit Solutions and Raisin have announced the completion of their merger to from Raisin DS, servicing banks and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic in the savings and investment market. The merger only needs to be registered in the commercial r...

EU Plans Digital Identity Scheme for All Bloc’s Citizens, Residents and Businesses

The European Commission (EC) has released a framework for a digital identity scheme for all citizens, residents and businesses in the European Union (EU), allowing anyone in the bloc to prove their identity, share electronic documents and access onli...

Digital Asset Inks Deal to Connect Daml-Driven Apps Into the Nasdaq Marketplace

Digital Asset announced a new partnership with Nasdaq to enable Daml-driven applications on the Nasdaq Marketplace Services Platform. Nasdaq and Digital Asset customers will be able to leverage applications built in Daml, a multi-party application pl...

Instimatch Teams up With FQX to Roll Out eNotesTM for Its Institutional Client Base

Instimatch Global, a Swiss digital platform for institutional short-term money market trading, is partnering with Swiss Fintech FQX to augment its core offering by introducing eNotesTM, a disruptive short-term financing and payment tool. The company...

Pricehubble Acquires Proptech Realtify, Expands to Czech Republic and Slovakia

PriceHubble, a B2B-proptech company, completes its fourth acquisition and has bought Czech proptech startup Realtify and is now operating in nine countries. PriceHubble acquires 100% of Realtify, which will be operating as PriceHubble Czechia with im...

Accenture Invests in Swiss Payments Firm Imburse for an Undisclosed Sum

Accenture has made a strategic investment in Imburse, a Swiss cloud-based, payments-as-a-service enterprise platform that simplifies the way businesses around the world access the global payments ecosystem. Terms of the investment that was made throu...

Accenture Invests in Swiss Payments Firm Imburse

BIS Backs the Development of Central Bank Digital Currencies

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in an annual report that it backs the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The Annual Economic Report 2021 said that CBDCs are “moving from concept to practical design and ren...

Visa Inks Deal to Acquire Swedish Open Banking Platform Tink for US$2.2 Billion

Visa announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tink, a Swedish open banking platform, for 1.8 billion Euros (US$2.2 billion). Tink will retain its brand and current management team, and its headquarters will remain in Stockholm, Swede...

YAPEAL Integrates Wise Platform to Bring Cheaper, Faster Remittance Services

YAPEAL, developer of a blockchain-inspired digital-to-the-core and cloud-native banking platform for the Swiss retail banking market, has integrated the Wise platform to bring cheaper, faster international payments to its customers. The firm’s custom...