Category : Switzerland

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...

Incore Bank Signs Maerki Baumann as First Client For SDX Ethereum Staking

InCore Bank can now offer Ethereum staking capabilities that are fully compliant with Know-Your-Client (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) regulations to their clients. In this collaboration, InCore Bank provides crypto brokerage, banking operation...

Postfinance Partners With Sygnum Bank to Offer Cryptocurrencies

PostFinance partners with Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, to offer its customers a range of regulated digital asset banking services via Sygnum’s B2B banking platform. PostFinance’s partnership with Sygnum Bank enables the launch and o...

Bitpanda and Mambu Partner to Offer Simplified Investment Options

Austria-based Bitpanda Technology Solutions has partnered with SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) cloud banking platform Mambu to provide financial institutions with a secure way to offer investment options to customers. With Bitpanda’s domain expertise an...

Securing Wealth in Changing Times

Fifteen years after the financial crisis, banks are again experiencing a crisis of confidence that has caused stock prices to fluctuate wildly and destroyed Credit Suisse. But that is not the only problem – sovereign debt continues to rise and inflat...

VP Bank Partners with Metaco on Digital Asset Custody

Metaco, a Switzerland-based provider of digital asset technology infrastructure to regulated financial institutions, has partnered with VP Bank in Liechtenstein. The collaboration leverages Metaco’s flagship platform, Harmonize, to allow VP Bank the...

UBS Completes Cross-Border Intraday Trade On Broadridge’s Blockchain-Powered Platform

Global financial technology company Broadridge Financial Solutions announced that UBS and a global Asian bank have successfully executed a cross-border intraday repo transaction on its blockchain-enabled platform. This intraday trade marks the launch...

Bloomberg Unveils Finance-Focused Generative AI Model

Media conglomerate, finance information company and business software developer Bloomberg is building a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model for the finance industry, following on the heels of technology companies including Microsoft, Google...

Crypto Exchange Kraken Becomes Official Sponsor of Williams Racing F1 Team

Williams Racing, a British Formula One team and constructor, announced that global crypto exchange Kraken has inked a deal to become its first official crypto and Web3.0 partner. The Kraken branding will adorn the FW45 halo and rear wing for the rema...

Finfluencers Come Under Regulatory Scrutiny

Financial influencers, also referred to as finfluencers, are a booming phenomenon on social media platforms and a growing concern for financial regulators. Around the world, governments are mulling on ways to create a regulatory framework for online...

With SIC5 Around the Corner, Experts Weigh in on Possible Impact of Instant Payments in Switzerland

Instant payments are scheduled for rollout in Switzerland in the summer 2024, opening up new opportunities in payment transactions, digital commerce and customer experiences. But the new standard will also put pressure on banks’ lucrative card busine...