Category : Switzerland

Railsr Launches Data Dashboard for Brands to Track Customer Trends

London-based embedded finance platform Railsr has launched Insights, a dashboard for brands to access data-driven insights on their customer base to optimise the end consumer product. Railsr’s Insights allows brands to track customer data such as acc...

45 Millionen für Startup Fund von EquityPitcher

Die Venture Capital Firma EquityPitcher AG schliesst erfolgreich ihren zweiten Fonds. Dieser investiert gezielt in Startups aus der DACH-Region und zählt bereits 20 Portfolio-Unternehmen aus 12 verschiedenen Industrien. EquityPitcher setzt bei all ih...

Market Participants See Potential in DLT and Tokenization to Shorten Settlement Cycle

The clearing and settlement landscape is on the brick of a major transformation, driven by the accelerated pace of technology development and adoption. In the coming years, market participants expect the settlement timeframe to substantially shorten...

PostFinance Anlage-Report: In der Schweiz legt nur die Hälfte der Erwachsenen ihr Geld an

In Zusammenarbeit mit der Hochschule Luzern – Wirtschaft (HSLU) hat PostFinance eine umfassende Erhebung zum Anlageverhalten in der Schweiz durchgeführt. Die Resultate zeigen, dass ein geringes Interesse für die Finanzmärkte, ein vermeintlich fehlend...

Sygnum Granted In-Principle Approval to Operate in the Abu Dhabi Global Market

Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum has received in-principle approval from the Abu Dhabi Global Market’s (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) to expand to the city. The approval allows the company to access Abu Dhabi’s established wealt...

Finastra Partners Fragmos Chain to Digitalise OTC Derivatives Post-Trade

Finastra is collaborating with French blockchain platform Fragmos Chain to provide out-of-the-box integration with Finastra Summit, its over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market solution. The API-first integration via FusionFabric.cloud enables banks...

Italian Neobank HYPE Automates Customer Identity Verification With Onfido

Italian neobank HYPE has partnered with London-based identity verification and authentication provider Onfido to automate its customer onboarding process. Launched in 2015, HYPE provides 1.7 million customers with services such as P2P and bill paymen...

Bitpanda Receives Full Crypto Custody and Trading License in Germany

Austrian crypto platform Bitpanda has received a full operating license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority or BaFin for the custody and proprietary trading of crypto assets. Bitpanda claims to be the first European retail investm...

France’s Karmen Raises €50M Credit Line From Fasanara to Finance Digital SMEs

Paris-based business financing platform Karmen has raised an additional €50 million in debt financing from London-based alternative asset management company Fasanara Capital. Karmen first raised €22 million comprising €3 million in equity and €19 mil...

Taktile Raises US$20M Series A From Index Ventures and Tiger Global

German automated decisions platform Taktile has closed a US$20 million Series A funding round with investments from Index Ventures and Tiger Global. Taktile allows companies to build automated flows for decisions — like which customer to lend to or w...

Challenger Bank SWISS4.0 Granted FINMA Fintech License

Financial services app SWISS4.0 has been granted a fintech license by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to operate as a financial institution, effective 18 November 2022. SWISS4.0 said that it is the first Geneva-based fintech...

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...