Category : Switzerland

25 Years With HSBC, Now Libra’s New Managing Director

Geneva based Libra Association, an independent group organised by Facebook to manage its Libra stablecoin project, announced the appointment of former HSBC head James Emmett, as the Managing Director of Libra Networks. James Emmett said of his appoin...

“BORN IN SWITZERLAND” Swiss Original Fintech Overview Map Update: 172 Companies

Luc Schuurmans, Head Private Banking, Executive Management at Bank Linth LLB AG, put together an updated overview map of Fintech Companies “Born in Switzerland”. Since his last update, he collected 11 more Swiss Fintechs- Legartis, Yoordi, Yoordi, b...

Wealth Managers Need to ‘Democratise’ Their Services If They Want to Survive

Wealth managers and private banks need to ‘democratise’ their service and product offerings to a wider audience to compete and grow in the new hyper-digital world according to a report by Avaloq. If firms do not democratise their proposition, they ri...

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich Named World’s Smartest Cities

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich have been named as the world’s smartest cities this year knocking off many European cities according to the Smart City Index Report this year. It is also worth noting that in addition to Zurich, another Swiss city...

Rapyd Expands Card Acquiring Capabilities in Europe

Rapyd, a fintech-as-a-service company, announced a major expansion of its European platform, adding end-to-end card acquiring capabilities to its payments capabilities. Rapyd now offers a full stack payment acceptance capabilities in Europe including...

Open Banking: Schweizer aufgeschlossen gegenüber digitalen Finanzangeboten

Hinter dem Versprechen von Open Banking verbirgt sich eine Welt neuer Bezahlmöglichkeiten und digitaler Finanzdienstleistungen. Doch auf europäischer Ebene sind die Vorbehalte gegenüber Open Banking-Angeboten noch immer gross: Lediglich 20% der Europ...

3 Swiss Fintech Startups Targeting the South Africa Market

3 Swiss fintech startups namely 4bridges, AgFlow and e-traid (e-commerce) were among the startups chosen to be a part of the Swiss Venture Leaders South Africa team. The selection process for this year was so competitive that the programme included a...

3 Swiss Fintech Startups Targeting South Africa

Top 50 Swiss Blockchain Companies H1 2020

Crypto Valley has further matured and added substance in the first half of 2020. Despite challenging circumstances because of COVID-19, the number of firms in Crypto Valley has increased to 919, and employment reached over 4700 in Switzerland and Lie...

Temenos’ Core Banking Software Now Available on Alibaba Cloud

Temenos and Alibaba Cloud announced that Temenos Transact, its core banking product is now certified on the public cloud offering. The two companies will jointly help banks go to market faster, open up new business models, and achieve industry leadin...

From Security Tokens to Native Digital Securities

Though blockchain-based security tokens hold many potentials, they also have their own limitations and must evolve to address several key challenges, according to a new paper by academics at the Rotterdam School of Management. In a paper titled Secur...

Venture Leader: Swiss National Fintech Team 2020

Venturelab introduced the new team of Swiss fintech startups that are ready to advance their international presence and growth. Following in the footsteps of successful alumni, the 10 startups will kick off their Venture Leaders experience in Novembe...

CB Insights Acquires European Blockchain Data Platform

Data provider CB Insights has acquired Blockdata, a Netherlands-based market intelligence platform for blockchain and other distributed ledger technology. As a result of the acquisition, CB Insights will also be opening an office in Amsterdam. Meanwh...

SIX Group Joins Forces With Luxhub for Open Banking Offering

SIX Group has partnered with Luxembourg-based open banking startup Luxhub to utilize its Open Banking technology. This collaboration with Luxhub is an extension of its Swiss open banking suite following the launch of SIX’s b.Link platform which...

CREALOGIX Backed by IBM Cloud for Products and Services Offering

Swiss banking software provider CREALOGIX has partnered with IBM to offer financial institutions consulting services and tools to help banks implement and operate digital financial services. Backed by the IBM Cloud, CREALOGIX will deliver standardise...