News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Following an early-stage minority equity investment in 2018, Julius Baer has agreed on a close collaboration with Switzerland-based SEBA Crypto AG. Founded in April 2018 and headquartered in Zug, SEBA is building a progressive technological bridge be...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Baloise, one of Switzerland’s biggest insurance companies has just launched an interesting team-building exercise—a board game, which would challenge players with problem-solving while sneakily advocating for insurtech advancements. In the boar...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Ein Zuhause, das den Alltag erleichtert. Dies wäre mit Smart Home möglich. Doch in der Schweiz steckt die digitale Vernetzung von Haushaltsgeräten noch in den Kinderschuhen. Erst 57 Prozent kennen Smart Home und nur zwei von zehn Personen nutzen ein...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Germany is a key fintech market in Europe and one of the largest in the world with more than 700 companies, including some of the region’s up-and-coming fintech leaders like N26, solarisBank, Raisin and Clark. With the German fintech industry continu...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
For the first time, Continental, Commerzbank and Siemens have carried out a test transaction as part of a pilot project to process a money market security between the companies using blockchain technology. The transaction took place in January. It ha...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Seit Anfang Januar wird in einem Quartier in Walenstadt lokal erzeugter Solarstrom über eine Blockchain in der Nachbarschaft vermarktet. In den ersten zwei Februarwochen konnten die Produzenten 82 Prozent des Stroms innerhalb der Quartierstromgemeins...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Auch wenn Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in aller Munde ist und als der Zukunftstrend im digitalen Business und Online-Marketing gilt: Bisher sind nur vereinzelt KI-gestützte Produkte und Services auf dem Schweizer Markt zu finden. Erstaunlich, bietet...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Unternehmen stehen heute im Personalmanagement vor einer doppelten Herausforderung: Sie müssen neue Fachkräfte gewinnen und gleichzeitig die bestehenden Mitarbeitenden auf die neuen Rahmenbedürfnisse der digitalen Arbeitswelt vorbereiten. Microsoft S...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
As fintech continues to disrupt the financial landscape, a multitude of fintech conferences are scheduled to take place this year to help industry participants keep up with the rapidly evolving space. Today, we’ve compiled some of the most anti...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Dank einem nochmaligen Wachstumsschub arbeiten mittlerweile über 20’000 Unternehmen mit der cloudbasierten Business-Software bexio des Schweizer Fintech Startups. Um weiter schnell und nachhaltig zu wachsen, rückt das Team hinter bexio ihre Kunden no...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Having recently launched their blockchain incubator, Bank Frick seems to be deepening their foray into all things cryptocurrency and blockchain related with the launch of DLT Markets AG. The subsidiary is looking to grant institutional investors with...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Allianz X, the digital investment unit of the Allianz Group, announced today it has received additional investment from Allianz SE, increasing its fund size to €1 billion. The increase is the result of Allianz X’s investment track record, successful...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Now in its 17th edition, The European Payment Summit (EPS) will gather key policymakers, decision makers in the FSI, top-experts in payments and the transaction space and key stakeholders in the Hague (25 – 26 April). Regulation continues to play a v...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
This is an article from The Conversations’s Head to Head, a series in which academics from different disciplines chew over current debates. Today Prof Arturo Bris and Prof Carlos Cordon discuss Blockchain, both are professors at IMD Business Sc...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Fidor is announcing its new banking chatbot, designed in collaboration with Finn AI, an AI-powered conversational banking technology provider. Having an embedded virtual assistant within its technology stack gives Fidor a competitive advantage. It e...