News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Meniga, provider of AI-powered digital banking solutions, announced that it has expanded its business to the US, with a dedicated team appointed to drive sales operations. The new US team – operating remotely before opening planned premises in...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The recently released Bilanz’s list of top 100 Swiss bankers serves to recognise and celebrate the contributions that these financial leaders have made in the region. We would like to highlight the additions of eight fintech “bankers̶...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The world’s purported first blockchain-focused art, Block 21 was sold off at Christie’s, renown auction house. Block 21 is a part of Portraits of a Mind, a global art project decentralising the founding code behind Bitcoin into 40 fragments. Po...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
You can reset your PIN after a data breach, you can reset your password after a data breach, you can reset your security questions after a data breach – but can you reset your face? Sure, there’s surgery, but clearly that’s asymmetry of the amount of...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Amazon launched its latest payment technology using a new biometric system that uses palm recognition, allowing its users to do everyday activities like paying at a store, presenting a loyalty card, entering a location etc. The service, called Amazon...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing global economic crisis have shaken up the fintech industry, forcing many to readjust their strategies and expand their revenue streams on the back of a contracted funding environment. After growing more than 25% a ye...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Berner Kantonalbank (BEKB) joins venture capital firm Swiss Immo Lab, to invest in innovative proptech startups. BEKB is now the fourth partner alongside Avobis, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg and Gebäudeversicherung Bern (GVB). Since its inception in Decem...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Hitachi Europe announced a partnership to launch integrated insurance-based offerings for the digital era. As organisations increasingly depend on Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered automation for critical business...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Salesforce announced its second Impact Fund worth US$100 million from Salesforce Ventures, the company’s global strategic investment arm. The new fund will accelerate the growth of cloud companies addressing some of today’s most pressing needs includ...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
In der Schweiz gibt es zahlreiche Wege, um einen Kredit zu erhalten und zahlreiche Anbieter, aus denen man wählen kann. Herkömmliche Kreditgeber oder Crowdlending-Plattformen – beide haben ihre jeweiligen Vorteile und Nachteile, die berücksicht...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
SIX has completed the “ATMfutura” migration where banks that have equipped their ATMs with a standardised software, enabling users to carry out financial transactions regardless of the operator of the device. As an operator of the infrastructure for...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
KeeSystem launches its new version of KeeSense, its portfolio management software for independent managers. It pursues its objective initiated when it was created in 2009: to provide private management professionals with the best technology for their...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Swisscom has released the updated Swiss Fintech Startup Map for October 2020, providing updates on the fintech landscape in the region. For this month, the nine new Swiss fintech startups have made their way onto the map are; Aisot, flov technologies...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Avaloq, a Swiss company that develops and provides software for core banking, announced its acquisition by Japanese NEC Corporation. The acquisition is expected to be worth CHF 2.05 billion (approximately US$2.2 billion), and to be completed by April...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Like many countries in Europe, Germany and Austria are looking to adopt digital KYC in order to streamline the customer onboarding process. A digital onboarding process allows banks and financial institutions to offer a good first impression to custo...