Category : Switzerland

Schweizer Bitcoin Startup Relai schliesst $4.5M Finanzierungsrunde ab

Relai, die Schweizer Bitcoin-App, gibt eine Investitionsrunde in Höhe von 4,5 Millionen US-Dollar bekannt, die von ego death capital angeführt wird. Weitere Investoren sind Timechain, Cabrit Capital und Lightning Ventures. An der Investitionsrunde be...

Netcetera Acquires Slovenian Software Company Kamino

Swiss software company Netcetera acquires Kamino, a company from Slovenia specializing in mobile app and digital identity development. The newly acquired expert know-how and technological expertise strengthen Netcetera’s core competency for business-...

eToro Partners With Sentifi to Launch Social Sentiment Portfolio

eToro, the social investing network, announced the launch of SocialSentiment, a portfolio offering exposure to US companies with solid ESG performance and high levels of positive social chatter developed in partnership with Sentifi, an award-winning...

DZ Bank Selects Metaco Harmonize to Underpin Its Institutional Digital Asset Custody Offering

Metaco announces its cooperation with DZ BANK . As a central institution, DZ BANK provides a multitude of services, particularly asset management services, being one of the largest German custodians, with €297 billion assets under custody at the end...

DZ Bank Selects Metaco Solution for Institutional Digital Asset Custody Offering

Metaco announces its cooperation with DZ Bank. As a central institution, DZ Bank (DZ provides a multitude of services, particularly asset management services, being one of the largest German custodians, with €297 billion assets under custody at the e...

Abacus investiert in den virtuellen Schalter eAdmin

Online-Lösungen für Bürgerinnen und Bürger, sogenannte virtuelle Schalter, erfreuen sich bei Schweizer Gemeinden und Verwaltungen zunehmend wachsender Beliebtheit. Neu investiert auch das Software-Unternehmen Abacus Research AG in den virtuellen Scha...

Metaverse Initiatives Proliferate in France Amid Govt Push

In France, initiatives to develop immersive, shared virtual environments are proliferating on the back of increased interest from both the government and the business community in the prospect of the metaverse to reinvent customer engagement, enrich...

Finanzwissen.de Gründer wollen für mehr Transparenz im Finanzmarkt sorgen

Fintechnews sprach mit den Gründern des Deutschen Vergleichsportal Finanzwissen.de. Sebastian Rau und Christian Musanke sprechen über deren Ziele, Gebührentransparenz, Anlagetrends und das Finanzwissen der Generation Z. Herr Rau, Könnten Sie uns etwa...

Helvetia Goes Metaverse in Insurance Client Service

Helvetia Insurance is going one step further in terms of convenience and digitalization: Questions regarding insurance topics can now be answered by trained specialists in the metaverse. The all-lines insurer intends to gain experience in the virtual...

Biometric Attacks Proliferate; Become More Sophisticated

Biometric attacks are surging globally as threat actors are developing ever more sophisticated ways to circumvent security systems to commit fraud, a new report by iProov, a biometric authentication and identity verification provider, says. The iProo...

Philippine Fintech Leader GCash Joins Plenary At Mobile World Congress

The Philippines #1 Fintech App GCash, operated by the Globe Group’s Mynt, will join key speakers at the plenary of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month as its President and CEO Martha Sazon delivers a keynote speech on the evolving custo...

eToro secures New York Virtual Currency and Money Transmitter License

eToro, the social investing platform, announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved its subsidiary, eToro NY LLC’s, application for its money transmitter and virtual currency licenses, the latter also known a...

TWINT Reaches 5 Million Users Milestone

TWINT starts the new year by achieving the milestone of 5 million active users. Transaction figures are also setting records, with users of the TWINT app having twinted around 386 million times in 2022. This is higher than the number of transactions...

Top 25 Upcoming Fintech Events for Swiss Fintech Entrepreneurs in 2023

It has been a challenging couple of years for the global fintech industry, which has suffered from the stubborn COVID-19 virus, geopolitical turmoil and the stock market slump. The landscape is now changing at a rapid pace, introducing both new chall...

Apple Readies BNPL Launch

Apple is running an internal test of its buy now, pay later (BNPL) product, gearing up for the public release of the new service in the US. The feature, which was announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2022, is currently being trialed by Ap...