Category : Switzerland

Europe’s 16 Most Influential Female Fintech Marketers in 2023

In the fintech sector, marketers have a critical role to play, helping fintech companies build their brand, gain consumers’ trust and drive business growth. Earlier this month, the Fintech Marketing Hub, an online community platform dedicated to the...

Money20/20 Europe Unveils Speaker Lineup

Money20/20 unveils its agenda for the upcoming Europe show in Amsterdam, June 6-8th. Over 300 speakers are expected to join Money20/20 Europe this year. They include top executives from global banks including HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, NatWest, a...

Twitter Ties up With eToro to Enable Users to View Real-Time Stocks, Crypto Prices

Multi-asset investment company eToro has partnered with Twitter to enable the social media platform’s users to instantly see real-time prices for a wider range of stocks, crypto and other assets when using the new $Cashtags feature. Twitter added pri...

Kaspar& lanciert Säule 3a Sparlösung

Das seit März 2022 aktive St.Galler Startup Kaspar& erweitert sein Produktangebot um eine voll-integrierte Säule 3a Lösung. Während das Jungunternehmen bisher vor allem durch die Möglichkeit des Aufrundungssparens aufgefallen ist (hierbei wird be...

A New Digital Banking Platform Launched for Corporate Clients in Austria

The well-known digital banking by Erste Bank and Sparkasse is available for corporate clients for the first time. The completely new and stand-alone business banking platform is being launched under the name George Business. Hans Unterdorfer “George...

New Paper Explores Pros and Cons of Central Bank Digital Currencies

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), a digital form of a government-issued currency that’s pegged to a physical commodity, have gained notable traction over the past couple of years, prompted by technological advances and a decline in the use of...

Swiss Central Bank Payment Vision Outlining Focus on DLT, Tokenization and Instant Payments

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has shared how it intends to “future-proof” the domestic payment ecosystem, outlining its ambition to leverage technologies and processes including tokenization and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to establish an “ef...

Schweizer HSG Startup Studie zeigt regulatorischen Handlungsbedarf

Im Auftrag der Swiss Entrepreneurs & Startup Association SWESA hat die Universität St. Gallen die Rahmenbedingungen für Startups in der Schweiz aus juristischer und wirtschaftlicher Sicht umfassend untersucht. Während die Hochschullandschaft u...

Finanzguru Bags €13 Million in Fundraise Led by SCOR Ventures, PayPal

Finanzguru, a German financial advisor enabled by open-banking, announced that it has raised €13 million in a funding round led by new investors SCOR Ventures and PayPal Ventures. This brings its total funds raised to €27 million since its launch in...

Swiss Post to Issue Newest AI Swiss Crypto Stamp

Following the successful launches of the Swiss Crypto Stamp in the last two years, Swiss Post will be issuing the third generation, Swiss Crypto Stamp 3.0, on 2 May 2023. Once again, Swiss Post is uniting the analogue world of the stamp collector wit...

Forrester Guide: How to Choose a Digital Banking Engagement Platform

Faced with changing customer expectations and mounting competition from new market entrants, banks are increasingly turning to digital banking engagement platforms (DBEPs) for new digital banking capabilities, rich and flexible digital front ends, an...

EU Rules on Crypto Assets Transfers Set to Tighten

Last week, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of stricter rules to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, and evading sanctions in the European Union (EU). Among the three significant pieces of anti-money laundering (...

The Top 3 European Wealthtech Trends

By 2030, affluent clients with assets of EUR 100,000 and up will have access to a highly diversified range of alternative assets comprising private debt, venture capital (VC), real assets, and more. They will benefit from highly personalized financia...

Radar: Top 3 European Wealthtech Trends

Swiss-UK Private Bank Digital Finance Startup Kashet Raises CHF 6.2M Series A

Kashet, the Swiss-UK premium digital finance services firm, has successfully raised CHF 6.2m funding to support its expansion and readiness for further growth. Kashet is focused on delivering a membership-based financial solution app for customers an...