Category : Switzerland

SIX Launches b.Link – a Central Platform for Standardized Sharing of Financial Data

Open banking is currently a much-discussed topic. Open banking seeks to establish permanent links between financial institutions and solution providers (third-party providers, TPPs), allowing customers’ data to be shared, subject to their consent, an...

COVID-19 Accelerates Adoption of Contactless Payments

Consumers around the world are switching to contactless to help with social distancing, accelerating the adoption of contactless payments that was already under way With 15% penetration, contactless still has potential for further growth RBR’s Global...

Fintech Influencer Switzerland Interview Series: 7 Fragen an Marc Lussy

Fintechnews.ch interviewt in einer Serie von Kurz-Interviews seit Jahren bekannte Schweizer Fintech Influenzer. Diese Woche erklärt uns Marc Lussy* warum man Fintech in Brasilien unbedingt verfolgen sollte. Zudem erklärt er die Einflüsse der Pandemie...

Penta Opens Its Digital Business Banking Platform for Self-Employed People

Digital business banking for everyone – as of today, Penta also offers its product and services to solo self-employed people. The digital platform for business banking is thus expanding its target group and taking a broader positioning in the m...

Schweizer Blockchain-Vorlage wird dem Nationalrat vorgelegt.

Die Kommissionen für Wirtschaft und Abgaben (WAK) genehmigt die Blokchain Vorlage und bringt das Schweizer Blockchain Gesetz nun diesen Sommer vor den Nationlrat. Nachdem sie an ihrer Sitzung vom 24. Februar 2020 auf die Vorlage 19.074, mit der die r...

Chris Thomas is the New Head of Digital Assets at Swissquote

Swissquote announced the hire of a dedicated Head of Digital Assets. Chris Thomas Since July 2017, it has been possible for the firm’s private clients to invest in cryptocurrencies. Now, Swissquote is also offering institutional clients the opportuni...

Blockchain Valley Ventures Launches Virtual Deal Marketplace for Startup Funding

Blockchain Valley Ventures, a blockchain technology-focused venture capital firm, in collaboration with Delio, a provider of private markets investment technology, has launched the BVV Dealroom – a virtual deal marketplace for blockchain startu...

Bitcoin Suisse Announces Series A Capital Raise. Roger Studer Acts as Lead Investor

Bitcoin Suisse announced its Series A and first-ever capital raise. A total of 20% of shares in BTCS Holding AG, the holding company owning and controlling all Bitcoin Suisse subsidiaries, with full voting and dividend rights, are offered for sale at...

An ECB Digital Currency – a Flight of Fancy?

A recent survey among 66 central banks by the Bank for International Settlements shows that more than 80% are working on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Yves Mersch *Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Ch...

Bank Frick Offers Crypto Trading via Online Banking

Bank Frick’s online banking now allows trading with cryptocurrencies. In addition, with Bank Frick’s online banking, financial intermediaries benefit from mass subscription for all their customer bases and the execution of block orders wh...

Interest in Central Bank Digital Currency Surging

Around the world, interest around central bank digital currency (CBDC) is surging, with an increasing number of central banks looking to issuing their own digital currencies to wholesale networks of banks, corporates, fintechs, but also the general p...

Redstone/SBI: Ein Neuer 200 Mio. Euro Fonds für Industry 4.0 Startups

Redstone initiiert gemeinsam mit der japanischen SBI-Group den Future Industry Ventures Fonds (FIV). Mit dem Joint Venture starten die Partner einen Fonds, der sich an Start-Ups aus dem Sektor Industry 4.0 richtet. Das Zielvolumen des Fonds liegt bei...

White Paper Outlines Need for Smaller Lenders to Collaborate with Fintechs

Community banks and credit unions are struggling to keep up with the pace of innovation due to limited capacity, lack of skills, and limited budget. Given these limitations, smaller lenders must collaborate with fintech companies to meet fast-changin...

COVID-19 Crisis to Give Fintech Enablers a Boost

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to a head the importance of a digital economy. In this context, competition is set to accelerate in the fintech sector as the digital shift will make stakeholders fight for market share, according to tech advisory an...

Fintech Influencer Switzerland Interview Series: 7 Fragen an Urs Bolt

Fintechnews.ch interviewt in einer Serie von Kurz-Interviews seit Jahren bekannte Schweizer Fintech Influenzer. Diese Woche erzählt uns der Wealthtech Experte Urs Bolt* warum er sich so sehr mit Fintech in China beschäftigt. Zudem werden wie gewohnt...