Category : Switzerland

Fintech on the Rise in Kazakhstan Driven by Digital Payments and Super-Apps Adoption

In Kazakhstan, the fintech industry is growing at a fast pace, driven by rapid adoption of digital payments, ecosystem services and super-apps, among other digital financial services, a new report by Fintech Consult, MOST Ventures and RISE says. Movi...

European Fintech Sector Poised for Fivefold Growth by 2030

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and QED Investors have released a report projecting a sixfold increase in financial technology revenues from US$245 billion to US$1.5 trillion by 2030. The fintech sector, which currently holds a two percent share of the...

Deutsche Börse With 3.9 Billion Euro All-Cash Takeover Offer for SimCorp

Deutsche Börse has announced a binding agreement with SimCorp in which it will make an all-cash voluntary public takeover offer to acquire all shares of Denmark’s SimCorp A/S, valuing the firm at €3.9 billion. The offer price represents a premium of...

24 Fintech Events to Attend in the USA and Canada in Q2 2023

North America, and the USA in particular, has historically been the dominant force in fintech innovation, adoption and investment globally. The region is home to some of the world’s biggest and most successful fintech companies, and has continuously...

Swiss Fintech Awards 2023: Top 10 Fintech Startups Revealed

A jury of 20 experts from the Swiss fintech space reviewed 80 Swiss fintech startup applications and picked the five most promising companies in the categories “Early Stage Fintech Startup of the Year” and “Growth Stage Fintech Startup of the Year”....

Highlights of the European ETF Industry in 2022: White Label Platform Competiton Heats up

2022 was a remarkable year for investors around the globe. Some may call it a year for the history books. Major economic and geopolitical headwinds resulted in falling equity and fixed-income markets around the globe. In the aftermath of the COVID-19...

Digital Banking Ranking: Swiss Banks Have Dropped Out of the Top 20

Where do you look for international digital banking champions? You are unlikely to find them in Switzerland. With regard to digital banking services, the Swiss banking sector fell further behind banks in the rest of the world in 2022 and now risks be...

GCash FutureCast Introduces 10 New Innovations That Bring The Future Of Fintech To All Filipinos

GCash is the Philippines’ #1 Finance Super App with over 79 million users who enjoy fast, safe, and convenient transactions online. Based on Data.ai, a reputable 3rd party platform, GCash is the #1 Finance Super App in the country with the most downl...

Galaxy and DWS Enter Alliance to Develop Exchange Traded Products on Digital Assets

Galaxy Digital Holdings, an USA based financial services and investment manager in the digital assets, and DWS, one of the world’s leading asset managers, have entered into a strategic alliance with the aim of initially developing a comprehensive sui...

In Latin America, Fintech is Driving Banking Innovation and Improving Financial Inclusion

The rise of fintech in Latin America (LatAm) over the past decade has shaken up the region’s financial landscape, driving innovation in the banking sector, boosting competition and helping increase inclusion, a new paper by the International Monetary...

User Authentication Enters New Era, Enabled by Biometrics, Blockchain, AI

Technological advancements, including biometrics, blockchain, encryption and artificial intelligence (AI), are fueling the advent of more efficient and secure authentication mechanisms. New methods and trends including passworldless authentication ar...

Keyrock and Tenity Launches Accelerator for Web3.0, Fintech Startups in Belgium

Belgian crypto startup Keyrock announced that it has partnered with global fintech incubator Tenity to launch an acceleration programme for Web3.0 and fintech startups. The 4-month programme is set to begin in early September 2023 in Belgium and will...

Crypto-Assets: Green Light to New Rules for Tracing Transfers in the EU

On Thursday, MEPs approved with 529 votes in favour to 29 against and 14 abstentions, the first piece of EU legislation for tracing transfers of crypto-assets like bitcoins and electronic money tokens. The text –provisionally agreed by Parliament and...

Ondato Rolls Out Its Know Your Business Solution in Poland

London-based regtech firm Ondato has launched an expanded Know Your Business (KYB) solution to give local and international organisations operating in Poland automated tools for fully compliant business customer onboarding. The extended coverage prov...

Rental Deposit Meets ETF Investing: Evorest Closes Pre-seed Round

Newly founded Wealth/Prop-tech Startup Evorest raises seven-digit pre-seed financing from private investors to revolutionize the Swiss rental deposit market. For the first time, tenants will be able to digitally invest their rental deposits in low-co...