Category : Switzerland

Checkout.com Appoints Meta’s Former Exec Meron Colbeci as New CPO

Checkout.com has announced the appointment of Meron Colbeci as its Chief Product Officer. Colbeci is the former head of consumer product management at Meta’s fintech product group Novi, and was a senior product leader at SoFi and PayPal as well, a st...

Zurich Insurance Group to Acquire Estonia’s AI Firm AlphaChat

Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to acquire Estonia-based conversational AI company AlphaChat. AlphaChat’s customer service automation technology will help to enhance Zurich Insurance Group’s conversational AI capabilities, and support the developme...

Switzerland Poised to Become a Leading Hub for Sustainable Investment

As a global financial hub and the world’s top asset management center, Switzerland is poised to become a leading hub for sustainable finance, a new report by the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ, part of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences...

Here Are the Key Findings From OneSpan’s Global Financial Regulations Report

OneSpan recently released its second annual Global Financial Regulations Report, that outlines major developments in the regulatory landscape. In conjunction with comprehensive research into how the changing regulatory landscape is impacting the bank...

Thoma Bravo Takes Bottomline Private in US$2.6 Billion Acquisition Deal

Software investment firm Thoma Bravo has inked a deal to acquire payment and invoice management platform Bottomline Technologies in an all-cash transaction for approximately US$2.6 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Bottomline shareholders wi...

SIX and BearingPoint Join Forces for Invoice-To-Payment Service in Europe

Management and technology consulting company BearingPoint and the Swiss financial market infrastructure operator SIX are partnering to develop a fully integrated invoice-to-payment service. The service will digitalise the entire value-added chain fro...

Viseca lanciert Open Finance Angebot

Spesenprozesse sind oft papierbasiert und umständlich. Neue Lösungen für Spesenmanagement wie etwa Edi von HR Campus oder Yokoy schaffen hier Abhilfe. Der Spesenprozess kann in solchen Fällen über eine Mobile App automatisiert und digital End-to-End...

New Gold Token by SEBA Bank Allows Digital Ownership of Physical Gold

FINMA-licensed digital assets banking platform SEBA Bank has launched its Gold Token, a regulated digital token for investment in and delivery of physical gold on-demand. The SEBA Bank Gold Token enables investors to own a digital form of physical go...

Temenos Expands Microsoft Partnership to Bolster Its Cloud Banking Product

Global banking software company Temenos is expanding its strategic relationship with Microsoft to meet the growing demand for its SaaS and banking services. The company is looking to grow its SaaS and open banking solutions under the Temenos Banking...

Mexican Fintech Clara Clinches Unicorn Status With US$70 Million Series B

Mexico City-based end-to-end corporate spend management solution Clara has secured US$70 million in a Series B equity financing round. The round was led by Coatue, and takes Clara’s valuation to US$1 billion. With the Series B, Clara has become the f...

VT5 Becomes SPAC to Go Public on the SIX Swiss Exchange

VT5 Acquisition Company has become the first company to go public on the SIX Swiss stock exchange through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listing. The IPO comprised an offering of 20,000,001 class A shares along with 6,666,657 redeemable...

VT5 Becomes First SPAC to Go Public on the SIX Swiss Exchange

90% Of North American Consumers Manage Money Through Financial Apps: Report

Mastercard released a new report today, The Rise of Open Banking, demonstrating the mainstream adoption of technology to power smarter, more meaningful digital experiences. The report found more than 80% of consumers in the US – and 90% of younger co...

Klarna and GoCardless to Power Bank Debit Payments in the US

Global buy now pay later (BNPL) solution provider Klarna has partnered with UK-headquartered account-to-account payments solution provider GoCardless. The partnership will enable Klarna to provide bank debit payments to over 21 million US customers,...

Unit8: Artificial Intelligence for Good Causes – And Not Just at Christmas

The leading Swiss AI start-up Unit8 gives something back to society – not just at Christmas, but throughout the year, too. Employees use 10% of their working time for projects dedicated to charitable purposes. Refugees, homeless people, children and...