Category : Switzerland

Digitaler Anlagespezialist Findependent setzt auf Online-Onboarding der Hypi Lenzburg

Neue Kunden und Kundinnen können bei Findependent ab sofort ihr Anlagekonto auf digitalem Weg eröffnen. Das Aarauer Wealthtech Startup vertraut auf die Hypothekarbank Lenzburg als Technologie- und Bankingpartnerin. Neue Kundinnen und Kunden der Anlag...

Risikokapital Ökosystem in Europa auf dem Vormarsch – Deutschland wächst Stark

i5invest und das Institut für Entrepreneurship der Wirtschaftsuniverstiät Wien veröffentlichen den European Capital Report 2021 und zeigen, dass sowohl das Venture Capital als auch Private Equity Ökosystem in Europa trotz Covid-19 in den letzten 24 M...

ZKB und SGK forcieren neuen Open Banking Verband

Die von der St.Galler Kantonalbank und dem Beratungsunternehmen Synpulse ins Leben gerufene OpenWealth API-Standardisierungsinitiative wurde in einen Verein überführt. Mit dem Verein OpenWealth Association wollen die Initianten die OpenWealth APIs im...

ZKB und SGKB forcieren neuen Open Banking Verband

Former Governor of the Bank of England Joins Stripe’s Board of Directors

Stripe, a US-based payment processing platform, announced that Mark Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, has joined the company’s board of directors. Regulated in multiple jurisdictions and partnering with severa...

Digital Asset Adoption Gains Momentum With US$26 Billion in Bitcoin Transactions

Bitcoin’s recent price surge has accelerated institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies leading to institutional investor pouring an estimated US$26 billion into bitcoin over the past eight months, an analysis by SNGLR Group shows. In its second repo...

Säule 3a Startup Pionier VIAC erreicht 1 Mrd. verwaltetes Vermögen

Vor rund 3 Jahren startete VIAC mit der ersten digitalen Säule 3a der Schweiz. Dank stetigem Produktausbau und innovativen Features ist VIAC heute als Taktgeber im Schweizer Vorsorgemarkt nicht mehr wegzudenken. Das Erfolgsrezept: Top Kundenservice,...

SPAC Frenzy Comes for Europe’s Fintechs

Bernard Arnault, the chairman of luxury goods group LVMH and Europe’s richest man, is the latest billionaire to embrace the SPAC frenzy, joining hands with global alternative asset management group Tikehau Capital through his investment holding compa...

Survey: Swiss Fintech Startups Have Risen Against the Odds Despite the Pandemic

In a recent survey among the members of the Swiss Fintech association on economic development during the Covid-19 pandemic, found that fintech companies faced challenges during this period of time but they also seized the opportunity to overcome the...

Sygnum Bank Secures Eight Figure Investment From SBI Digital Asset

Swiss Digital asset bank Sygnum announced that it has secured an eight-figure US$ investment from SBI Digital Asset Holdings, the digital asset umbrella company of SBI Group, as the lead investor of its strategic investment fundraising round. With th...

Web Browser Opera Launches E-Wallet Dify for Its European Users

Web browser Opera with 380 million monthly active users globally and 50 million in Europe, has announced the launch of a new European e-wallet Dify. Opera plans to first offer an in-browser cash back service for online shopping and to get its large E...

Digital Bezahlen im Alter: 5 Thesen

Das digitale Rad dreht sich infolge der COVID-19-Pandemie immer schneller, gerade im Online- wie im kontaktlosen Zahlungsverkehr. Die Kreditkartenanbieterin VISA sorgte am 3. Februar für Schlagzeilen als ihr CEO Alfred Kelly bekanntgab, das Bezahlnet...

Swiss Fintech Funding Drops 38% in 2020

Swiss fintech companies raised a total of CHF 220.1 million in 2020, a 38% decrease compared the CHF 360.3 million raised in 2019, new data from local startup portal Startupticker.ch show. The decline in fintech fundraising, outlined in the newly rel...

Personetics Secures $75 Million Funding From Warburg Pincus

Personetics, a Tel Aviv-based global provider of data-driven personalisation and customer engagement solutions for banks and financial services providers, announced it has raised $75 million in funding from Warburg Pincus LLC, a leading global privat...

Swiss Fintech Startup Map Feb 2021 Welcomes 18 Newcomers

Swisscom has released the updated Swiss Fintech Startup Map for February 2021, welcoming 18 new Swiss startups for the month. The map provides regular updates on the Swiss fintech landscape in the region now displays a grand total of 341 Swiss fintec...