Category : Switzerland

Private Equity Firms to Acquire Irish Regtech Fenergo in US$600 Million Deal

Irish regtech Fenergo announced that it has been acquired by private equity firms, the Paris-based Astorg and London-based Bridgepoint, from Insight Partners. While financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed publicly, the Irish Times cited...

SWIFT Assesses What Roles It Could Play in Future CBDC Ecosystem

As central banks around the world accelerate their digital currency efforts, international payment network SWIFT is assessing what roles it could play in this new future. In a new paper released on May 11, 2021 and produced in partnership with Accent...

In-Person Events are Back: 26 Live Fintech Conferences to Attend in 2021

With vaccination campaigns accelerating around the world, in-person, live fintech events and conferences are coming back this year. Most of 2021’s biggest live fintech gatherings will take place in the second half of the year and will be held in key...

New Access Wins Additional Global Core-to-Digital Platform Client

New Access, a Geneva based wealth management and private banking software company, announced the signature of a license agreement with Decisive Capital Management SA. Decisive Capital Management is an independent, Next -Generation financial advisor p...

Wise Goes Live on Temenos for Transparent, Real-Time Remittance to Banks Worldwide

Swiss banking software company Temenos announced that Wise, formerly known as TransferWise, is now live on Temenos MarketPlace. The Temenos MarketPlace comprises over 50 curated fintech solutions, enabling Temenos’ clients to innovate and diffe...

Swedish Fintech Tink Acquires German Open Banking Counterpart FinTecSystems

Sweden’s open banking platform Tink continues its expansion across Europe with the acquisition of FinTecSystems, a German open banking infrastructure fintech, powering over 150 banks and fintechs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The acquisi...

Finanzkriminalität – die wahren Kosten der Compliance

LexisNexis Risk Solutions hat die Ergebnisse der neuesten True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study – EMEA Edition veröffentlicht. Die Umfrage unter Compliance-Fachleuten identifiziert die Faktoren, die Financial Crime Compliance beeinfluss...

Apiax Expands Its Management Team Ahead of Ambitious Expansion Plans

Swiss regtech startup Apiax has expanded its management team with experienced professionals Mark Holden and Jerome Salaun to take over its Enterprise Sales and Customer Success teams to support the company in the next phase of its expansion plans. Ap...

Das umfassende Open Banking Schweiz Dossier

Open Banking bedeutet die Verwendung offener, einheitlicher APIs (Application Programming Interface, zu deutsch: Programmier-Schnittstelle), mit denen Entwickler von Drittanbietern Anwendungen und Dienste rund um das Finanzinstitut erstellen können....

FINMA Permits Chip Scanning and Geolocation for Digital Onboarding

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) now allows the scanning of chips embedded in biometric identity documents as part of the digital onboarding process. The changes come into force on the 1st of June 2021. Additionally, FINMA wil...

Yova schliesst Finanzierungsrunde über 11 Millionen Franken ab

Die 2017 in Zürich gegründete Impact Investing Plattform Yova setzt ihren Wachstumskurs fort. In einer kürzlich abgeschlossenen Finanzierungsrunde erlöste das Unternehmen 11 Millionen Franken. Yova wird von namhaften Investoren finanziert, darunter C...

Revuto’s Latest $1.7 Million in Funding to Aid Subscription Management and Payment Simplification

Just days ahead of its scheduled public token sale, Revuto has closed $1.7 million during a private investment round. The team is building the first decentralized application on the Cardano network for subscriptions and payment management. Forthcomin...

Revuto’s Latest $1.7 Million in Funding to Aid Subscription Mgt and Payment Simplification

Temenos Taps Digital Assets Platform Taurus to Unlock Banks’ Access to Crypto Assets

Banking software company Temenos announced the integration of Taurus, a Swiss digital asset and blockchain infrastructure fintech, with Temenos Transact, the next generation core banking software. Following a thorough landscape review and evaluation...