Category : Switzerland

G+D Participates in Brazilian Central Bank’s Digital Currency Initiative

The planning for Brazil’s central bank digital currency, the Real Digital, is entering a new phase. The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) has selected Giesecke+Devrient’s CBDC solution Filia for its dual offline payment capability in a challenge that eva...

Temenos Partners With Mastercard to Boost the Adoption of Request to Pay

Cloud banking platform Temenos announced a collaboration with Mastercard that will help banks to accelerate their introduction of Request to Pay services in the UK. This new initiative combines pre-composed solutions on the Temenos Banking Cloud with...

Spesen Fintech Startup Yokoy mit 80 Millionen USD Series B Finanzierungs-Runde

Die Yokoy Group AG hat 80 Millionen US-Dollar in einer Series-B-Finanzierungsrunde unter der Leitung von Sequoia Capital eingesammelt. Neben Sequoia Capital beteiligen sich Speedinvest, Visionaries Club und Zinal Growth, sowie die bestehenden Investo...

Top 20+ Upcoming Fintech Events to Attend in Europe

Technological advances and evolving customer expectations are changing the financial landscape, stimulating fintech development and innovation. To keep up with the burgeoning fintech industry, top-quality fintech events are being organized on a regul...

Why We Should Eliminate Passwords as Passwordless Authentication Is the Future

The computer password has been around for more than 6 decades. The first password can be traced back to 1961 in Massachusetts when a computer at MIT was protected with a password for secure login. Incidentally, MIT’s time-sharing system was the first...

Embedded Finance Total Market Value Could Reach US$7.2T by 2030

The COVID-19 pandemic, accelerated digital adoption, and a maturing fintech infrastructure sector have fueled the popularity of embedded finance. By 2030, it’s projected that the total market value of the sector could reach US$7.2 trillion, surpassin...

AI Industry Leader Unit8 Launches Advanced Analytic Trends Report 2022

Swiss data services company Unit8 highlights the key analytics trends that we will see accelerating in 2022 in its “Advanced Analytic Trends Report”. The report compiles feedback of industry leaders from Merck, Credit Suisse, and Swiss Re...

Top 19 Female Fintech Marketers and Communicators in Europe

Innovate Finance, an independent not-for-profit industry body representing the UK’s fintech ecosystem, has released its annual Women in Fintech Powerlist, recognizing the women leading innovation in financial services. Although female participation i...

Hargreaves Lansdown Selects Bottomline to Future-Proof Payments

Bottomline announced that UK-based Hargreaves Lansdown plc, a UK based investment platform for private investors, has selected Bottomline PTX to support its ‘cloud-first’ payments strategy. Hargreaves Lansdown’s decision to move to a cloud-based busi...

Blockchain Heavyweights Leverage Swiss Start-UPS for Growth

Switzerland is anchoring the European and Middle East expansion of one of the world’s fastest growing cryptocurrency exchanges. The Bermuda-based FTX group is building its regional headquarters on the foundations of a small, yet successful, Swiss com...

Blockchain Heavyweights Leverage Swiss Startups for Growth

Robinhood Replaces Its Cash Management Product With a New Cash Card

Stock trading and investment app Robinhood announced that it has rolled out a new cash card for its customers. Robinhood said that the cash card builds on its mission to democratise finance for all by giving debit card customers the same benefits and...

Erster Private Banking Anlagekonfigurator der Schweiz

Die PSS AG bringt frischen Wind in die Schweizer Finanzszene. Sie erfüllt den Anspruch, die Dienstleistung des Private Banking breiter verfügbar zu machen, mit dem neuen digitalen Anlagekonfigurator, durch die Nähe zu Pensionskassen, die Einfachheit...

Wefox wird Hauptsponsor des 1. FC Union Berlin

Der 1. FC Union Berlin wird mit einem neuen Hauptsponsor in die Saison 2022/23 starten. Der 2015 in der Schweiz gegründete Digitalversicherer wefox hat seinen Hauptsitz in Berlin und zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Insurtechs in Europa. Bereits seit dem...

IFZ Fintech Switzerland Study 2022 Summary: 9 Key Facts and Graphics

In 2021, the number of active fintech companies in Switzerland declined for the first time since 2015, shrinking from 405 companies at the end of 2020 to 384 a year later. Despite a decrease of 21 companies, the Swiss fintech startups that remained g...