Category : Switzerland

UBS Leverages iProov’s Face Verification Technology for Bank Account Opening

UBS has partnered with London-based identity verification company iProov to offer automated identity verification during the account opening process. UBS launched the UBS key4 banking app earlier in the year to enable clients to carry out their banki...

Temenos Infinity Enables 850 Digital Banks Globally

Temenos announced that its digital banking platform Temenos Infinity has passed 850 customers and that it sees tremendous growth as banks turn to packaged banking services for fast time to market. Banks in the Europe, Middle East and Africa that have...

Revolut Surpassed 25 Million Customers, Eyes Further Global Expansion

Global remittance app Revolut announced that it has surpassed 25 million retail customers worldwide, up from 20 million in July, and is now processing over 330 million transactions a month. The company also plans to expand in Brazil, India, Mexico an...

German Regtech Firm Regnology Acquires Belgian Counterpart b.fine

German regtech startup Regnology has acquired b.fine, a Belgian regtech firm which helps financial institutions enhance their reporting supply chain. b.fine’s platform helps financial institutions digitise, automate and manage their regulatory report...

Prediction Capital Launches Early Stage Fund for DACH Fintech Startups

Swiss family office Infinitas Capital has launched Prediction Capital, a new venture capital firm focusing on early stage consumer tech and fintech investments in the DACH region. Infinitas Capital’s Robin Lauber is one of three of Prediction Capital...

Alpadis Group Secures DIFC License, Opens Second Office in Dubai

Swiss corporate services provider Alpadis Group has obtained a license to operate in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and has opened its second office in Dubai. The group’s new office, based in the DIFC Gate Village, aims to serve fina...

Exclusive Interview: Marc Evans, Klarpay COO on Virtual Banking

Even before the threat of the global pandemic, the seed of virtual banking started to sprout due to the technological race in recent decades. From the evolution of broadband internet infrastructure to 5G and satellite internet access, the internet ha...

Total Funding to Portuguese Fintech Companies Surpasses EUR 1B Mark

In 2022, the Portuguese fintech ecosystem entered a new stage of development, marked by greater maturity of the sector, continued innovation through partnerships and a dynamic venture capital (VC) market, a new report by industry trade group Portugal...

UK’s Banked Gets US$15M Series A Extension to Fuel US Expansion

London-based payments company Banked has raised over US$15 million in a Series A extension round, led by global software investor Insight Partners, following a Series A earlier this year led by Bank of America. Citi, National Australia Bank Ventures,...

Klarna Launches Price Comparison Tool in the UK, Sweden and Denmark

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution provider Klarna has launched a new in-app price comparison tool to provide an alternative to Google or Amazon as a starting point for consumers’ online shopping journeys. Consumers will be able to view product resul...

RealUnit – Anlagestrategie mit Krisenschutz als Aktie und Token

Der RealUnit ist eine echte Innovation im Finanzwesen. Tiefere Gebühren, mehr Flexibilität und keine Notwendigkeit eines Wertschriftendepots bei einer Bank. Dank Entwicklungen von innovativen Fintech-Unternehmen gibt es neue Möglichkeiten für Anlages...

Sainsbury’s Appoints Checkout.com to Digitalise Its Payments Infrastructure

British grocery chain Sainsbury’s has appointed cloud payments company Checkout.com to modernise its payment infrastructure and and improve its customer offering. The partnership sees Sainsbury’s utilising Checkout.com’s new till-free technology to a...

BlackRock’s Fintech Bets Span Lending, Wealthtech, Crypto and More

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...

The Swiss Fintech Worldcup Football Team 2022

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...

Klarpay Enables Swiss Businesses to Transact in USD and GBP Globally

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...