Category : Switzerland

FIS Rolls Out New Central Infrastructure Payment Solution

American multinational company FIS has launched its new central infrastructure payment solution, RealNet Central, to help central banks transform their markets to digital-first, real-time payment economies. With real-time payments increasing, many co...

The Super App Model May Not Be Suitable for the US Market

Super apps may be widely popular in Asia and quickly gaining ground in Africa and Latin America (LatAm), they have little chance to succeed in the US because of lacking consumer interest, cultural barriers as well as data privacy and security concern...

InvestHK and HKMA Launches CBDC-Focused Vertical at the Global Fast Track 2022

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) jointly announced the addition of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) track to the Global Fast Track 2022, giving local and global firms valuable opportunities to partner wi...

BLKB plant Beteiligung an Parashift

Parashift ermöglicht es Unternehmen, Daten aus Dokumenten auszulesen und diese für ihre Anliegen zu nutzen. Die BLKB unterstützt das Deep-Tech Startup mit seinen innovativen Lösungen und strebt eine Minderheitsbeteiligung an. Mit den Lösungen von Par...

How to Enter a New Market Faster as a Fintech Company

By now, most of us are tired of reading about how many industries have been wiped out or troubled by the pandemic. However, some sectors have since rebounded and are even displaying growth. In Fintech, 2021 was a record year for investments – 132 bil...

Top 12 Global Fintech Investors in Q2 2022

Despite falling tech stocks and concerns about an economic downturn, global fintech venture capital (VC) dealmaking remained strong in 2022. In H1 2022, fintech startups collected a total of US$53.5 billion, a that sum falls behind 2021’s figure but...

Global Blockchain Funding Dip; Mega-Rounds Shrink

After a record year 2021, the venture capital (VC) market for blockchain investment is slowing down significantly in 2022 amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions and financial markets turmoil. In Q2 2022, VC investors scaled back cryptocurrency inves...

E-Commerce Schweiz – Wachstum setzt sich auf hohem Niveau fort

Alles in allem ist der Schweizer E-Commerce auch 2021 gewachsen. Verschiedene Branchen konnten ihren Online-Umsatz nochmals deutlich erhöhen, andere haben auf hohem Niveau nur noch leicht zugelegt und wenige haben aufgrund der sich normalisierenden G...

E-Commerce Schweiz – Wachstum setzt sich auf hohem Niveau fort / E-Wallets starten durch

UK’s First Digital Promissory Note Transaction

Lloyds Bank has completed the UK’s first transaction utilising a digital promissory note (DPN) purchase. This landmark transaction dramatically increases speed of payment and paves the way for a significant increase in the use of promissory notes for...

Adyen Rolls Out Its Very Own Terminal Range Designed In-House

Dutch payments firm Adyen announced the launch of its first in-house designed terminals which was designed to facilitate diverse payment use cases. The terminal range marks the latest step forward in Adyen’s growing unified commerce offering. The dev...

Bridging the Gap Between Online Business and Transactional Banking

As the global economy shifts towards an interconnected future, digitalisation continues to transform the world of transactional banking. Fintechs often outpace traditional banking institutions when it comes to serving the fast paced environment of on...

How Connected Cars Will Help Drive the Payment Revolution

Cars are becoming increasingly more connected and are turning into a new mobile source of payment and data. Juniper Research estimates that by 2026, global transaction volume of in-vehicle payments will exceed 4.7 billion by 2026, up from just 87 mil...

UBS Invests in Tech Unicorn Bigpanda

UBS announced it has invested in BigPanda, a leading artificial intelligence IT operations (AIOps) platform, through UBS Next, the firm’s strategic venture and innovation unit. As clients increasingly seek more digital services and b...

M&A-Aktivitäten von Schweizer KMU auf Rekordhoch

Die Zahl der Fusionen und Übernahmen kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) aus der Schweiz hat im ersten Halbjahr 2022 erneut einen Rekord erzielt. 133 KMU haben gemäss der neuen Deloitte MidCap-M&A-Studie andere Firmen gekauft oder wurden selb...