Category : Switzerland

Blackrock Ties up With Coinbase to Offer Its Clients Crypto Trading and Custody

Asset manager BlackRock has selected cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase to provide the institutional clients of Aladdin®, BlackRock’s end-to-end investment management platform, direct access to crypto starting with bitcoin. Coinbase Prime will...

Europe Leads in Climate Fintech Driven by Supportive Policies, Government Initiatives

Europe is rising to leadership in the field of climate fintech, a position evidenced by the region’s large community of startups leveraging technology to address both sustainability and finance needs. This rise has been driven by a supportive policy...

IDnow Secures New €60 Million Debt Facility by Blackrock

IDnow, a leading identity proofing and digital identity provider based in Munich, has successfully arranged a new debt facility from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock that provides up to €60 million in financing. The debt facility will enable I...

Spain’s Forthcoming Digital Nomad Visa Aims to Attract Remote Workers, Tech Entrepreneurs

Last year, the Spanish government approved a draft law aimed at encouraging the development of a thriving startup ecosystem. Better known as the Startups Law, the legislation seeks to make Spain one of the most attractive destinations for investment,...

Spain’s Digital Nomad Visa Aims to Attract Remote Workers, Tech Entrepreneurs

Swiss Blockchain-Insurtech Jarowa Raises CHF 12.4 Million Series A for Europe Expansion

JAROWA is a Swiss digital marketplace and transaction platform for insurance companies, property managers, and leasing companies to manage their trusted service providers and digital orders more efficiently. JAROWA has successfully closed its Series...

Nexi Partners With Microsoft to Drive the Digitalization of The European Payments Space

Nexi announced yesterday a strategic collaboration with Microsoft aimed at innovating digital payments solutions and helping digitalization of SMEs, Corporates, Public Administrations and Financial Institutions across multiple European markets throug...

Nexi Partners Microsoft to Drive Digitalization of The European Payments Space

Kickstart Selects 12 Fintech and Insurtech Startups, 2 of them are Swiss

In its 7th year Kickstart is one of the largest European Innovation Platforms, bridging the gap between startups, corporations, cities, foundations and universities to accelerate partnerships and deep tech innovation. Since 2015, Kickstart has suppor...

Kickstart Selects 12 Fintech and Insurtech Startups, 4 of them are Swiss

Rakuten Viber Selects Rapyd as Payments Partner to Roll Out Viber Pay

Rakuten Viber, a cross-platform voice over IP and instant messaging software application owned by Japanese multinational company Rakuten, has partnered with global fintech platform Rapyd to launch Viber Pay. This will allow for in-app payment transac...

Ageras Buying German Neo-Bank for Freelancers Kontist

Denmark based Ageras Group announced that it has acquired Kontist, a Berlin-based neo-bank focused on the complex accounting and banking needs of Germany’s growing populations of microbusinesses and self-employed workers. Rico Andersen “This acquisit...

Institutional Crypto Lender CLST Raises Seed Funding From Spartan Group, TX Ventures

CLST, an institutional-only lending and borrowing venue for stablecoins and crypto assets, announced that it has successfully closed an oversubscribed seed round for an undisclosed sum. The funding round was led by Spartan Group and also included the...

Swiss Proptechs Embrace Ecosystem Business Models

In Switzerland, proptech companies and their partners are embracing ecosystem business models, believing that open, multilateral cooperation arrangements will allow them to improve the impact of their products and allow them to generate more revenue,...

Krypto-Broker Coinpanion kooperiert mit Checkout.com

Das Österreichische Fintech-Unternehmen Coinpanion hat sich zur Abwicklung seiner Paymentprozesse für die Zusammenarbeit mit dem internationalen Zahlungsdienstleister Checkout.com entschieden. Durch die Zusammenarbeit mit Checkout.com kann der Krypto...