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BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has been actively investing in the fintech industry over the past decade, participating in large rounds of financing across a broad range of segments, from payments and lending, to wealthtech and...
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Am Sonntag ist es soweit und die (meist zu recht) stark kritisierte Fussball WM in Qatar startet mit den Eröffnungsspiel Qatar gegen Ecuador in Doha.
Wie bereits 2021 an der Fussball EM oder vor 4 Jahren an der Fussball WM in Russland haben wir nun a...
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Business payments platform Klarpay has expanded its international payment capabilities with the launch of dedicated USD and GBP accounts.
The addition, which enables companies to collect and disburse USD and GBP payments globally via their corporate...
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Switzerland -
1 year ago
Business payments platform Klarpay has expanded its international payment capabilities with the launch of dedicated USD and GBP accounts.
The addition, which enables companies to collect and disburse USD and GBP payments globally via their corporate...
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1 year ago
The UK’s newly established Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has named Charlotte Crosswell OBE as its first Chair, starting on 4 January 2023.
Crosswell is the current Chair and Trustee of the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OB...
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1 year ago
The BIS Innovation Hub’s Swiss Centre has launched Tourbillon, a new project that explores improving cyber resiliency, scalability and privacy in a prototype central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Central banks have identified cyber resiliency, scalab...
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1 year ago
J.P. Morgan Payments and Mastercard have launched Pay-by-Bank to enable consumers to permission their financial data to be shared so they can pay bills directly from their bank account.
The service means that consumers will not need to type in their...
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1 year ago
Swiss insurtech Baloise and UBS have increased their stake in Houzy, a proptech startup which supports owners of houses and apartments with their property-related needs.
Both Baloise and UBS invested in Houzy at an early stage and this announcement e...
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1 year ago
Despite turbulent conditions in the crypto markets, adoption of digital assets among institutional investors is increasing worldwide, driven by improved perception of the emerging asset class and investors’ attraction to the prospect of high returns,...
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1 year ago
Die Digitalisierung schreitet in allen Branchen schnell voran – auch im Finanzsektor.
Online-Banking und Banking Apps gehören nun zum festen Bestandteil der meisten Schweizer Kreditinstitute. Und nicht nur die jüngeren Generationen nutzen die digital...
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1 year ago
In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, also referred to as the DACH region, the insurtech space is growing at a promising pace. Over the past year, the sector has increased by 45%, rising from 141 players in March 2021 to now 202, data f...
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1 year ago
Das Zuger Wealhtech-Startup Splint Invest konnte sich bei der Schweizer Ausgabe von «Die Höhle der Löwen» ein Investment von 500’000 Franken sichern.
Mit der gleichnamigen App ermöglicht das Team rund um die Solothurner Gründer Mario von Bergen, Robi...
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1 year ago
El Salvador has partnered with the Swiss city of Lugano to promote bitcoin adoption. It’s an unlikely partnership and an obscure reason to join forces, but for both parties this is an earnest and worthwhile endeavour.
The glue that binds the Central...
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1 year ago
A revolution is taking place in the field of digital identity, driven by advances in technology, rapid adoption of digital tools and online channels, and soaring identity fraud activity.
So-called IDtech providers are arising on the back of COVID-19...
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1 year ago
Zurich Insurance Group has launched Zurich eXchange, a global API marketplace that brings together services from across the Zurich Group.
The shared API management platform has been adopted by 15 Zurich business units and currently covers 1,433 manag...