News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
In Zürich wurde die Swiss Blockchain Federation gegründet. Ihr Ziel ist die Förderung der Standortattraktivität und die Schaffung von Rechtssicherheit für Blockchain-basierte Aktivitäten in der Schweiz. Die Swiss Blockchain Federation vereint als Pu...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse have successfully completed the performance tests of their jointly specified prototypes for securities settlement based on blockchain technology. The prototypes support the settlement of securities transactions,...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
A report indicates that more than 70% of Americans struggle financially. At the same time, these same households pay roughly $175 billion annually in fees and interest for financial products and services, yet most of such instances don’t improv...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Swissquote announced that it is “the first bank worldwide” to enable its clients the opportunity to participate in various ICOs without needing a cryptocurrency wallet. The holding company specialises in the provision of online financial...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Die Deutsche Handelsbank stellt die Finanzierung des steilen Wachstums des digitalen Versicherungsmanagers CLARK sicher. Der Start-up-Finanzierer aus München erweitert damit sein Kundenportfolio um einen der zentralen Akteure aus dem Wachstumsmarkt I...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
New entrants to the banking market — including challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions and big tech companies — are amassing up to one-third of new revenue, which is challenging the competitiveness of traditional banks, according to new rese...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Around 1,000 decision makers representing 50 countries attended last week the Digital Insurance conference in Munich. The insurtech event featured more than 50 insurtechs startups. Technologies on stage varied from blockchain and bots to connected...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week the launch of the agency’s Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub). The FinHub will serve as a resource for public engagement on the SEC’s FinTech-rel...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Das Zürcher FinTech neon hat im August 2018 die Beta-Version seiner Konto-App lanciert, mehrere hundert Beta Nutzer testen derzeit kostenlos den Dienst. Die Kontoeröffnung erfolgt jetzt völlig papierlos über die App und dauert weniger als 10 Minuten....
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Im diesjährigen Wettbewerb an der internationalen Immobilienmesse Expo Real in München haben sich mit PriceHubble und Tower360 zwei Startups in den Kategorien «Invest» und «Market» durchsetzen können, die Mitglieder im Schweizer Netzwerk SwissPropTec...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Die Startup-Vereinigung Swiss Finance Startups hat am 16. Oktober 2018 im Zürcher Grünenhof die erste Fintech-Messe der Schweiz lanciert. Das Event ist gemäss dem Veranstalter ein Erfolg auf der ganzen Linie und hat deren Erwartungen deutlich übertro...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
The Estonian platform iuvo is one of the fastest developing P2P platforms in Europe. Мore and more people choose to entrust their savings to peer-2-peer platforms, rather than deposit them in banks. In 2 years iuvo has attracted over 7000 investors f...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Before 2015, the idea of banks actively working together and sharing information with each other seemed like a pipe dream, or end results of corporate espionage. This is, until the UK embarked on their Open API banking initiative, which has since bee...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Swisscom published the 3rd Swiss Artificial Intelligence Startup Map. Out of this list, we have listed again below for your convenience all the Startups out of the Fintech/Insurtech and the Virtual Assistants/Chatbots Categories. Click on the Logo to...
News / Switzerland - 7 years ago
Das Zürcher P2P Lending Platform LEND schliesst die Series A Finanzierungsrunde ab. Insgesamt CHF 6 Millionen wurden eingesamelt, 3.5 Millionen im April 2017 und nun weitere 2.5 Millionen CHF von Venture Capital Fund Alpana Venture sowie den bisherig...