Category : Switzerland

Abacus präsentiert neuste Generation von Business Software

Claudio Hintermann, CEO der Abacus Research AG, präsentierte an der 27. Abacus Partner Conference die fünfte Generation der Abacus Business Software «Abacus DEEP». Die Konferenz stand unter dem Motto «Welcome to the future». Ziel der neuen Software-G...

Arcplace Inks Partnership With Yokoy to Expand Its Purchase-To-Pay Portfolio

Arcplace, a a specialised IT service provider in the information management and archiving industry, has signed a new partnership with Swiss spend management specialist Yokoy. With this partnership, Arcplace is further expanding its portfolio in the p...

Melon Launches NFT Trading Platform for Social Media Influencers

Melon, a London-based decentralised Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) platform, announced the launch of its NFT trading platform for social media influencers from Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twitch. These influencers are...

Investment Firm Paradigm Launches New US$2.5 Billion Crypto Fund

Paradigm, a crypto-focused investment firm based in San Francisco, announced a new US$2.5 billion venture fund to continue funding next generation crypto companies and protocols. The firm said that the size of the fund is reflective of crypto being t...

Canadian Corporate Card Startup Float Secures US$30 Million Series A

Float, a Canadian all-in-one corporate card and spend management solution, announced that it has closed US$30 million in Series A financing led by Tiger Global. Other investors include Golden Ventures, Susa Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Michael...

New BIS Paper Delves Into History of CBDC Initiatives

Most central banks around the world are either researching or launching their own central bank digital currency (CBDC), a trend driven by technological advances, changing consumer behavior, and disruptive forces including cryptocurrencies and stablec...

Sustainable Investing and Crypto Among Top European Fintech Trends in 2022

The year is coming to an end and Finch Capital is sharing its fintech predictions for 2022. Among the hottest trends for the year to come, the venture capital (VC) firm cites cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (DeFi), embedded insurance, and sus...

Amnis Receives EEA Payment Institution License and Expands to Europe

AMNIS Treasury Services AG (Amnis), a Swiss fintech founded in 2014 with the goal of simplifying international payment transactions for SMEs, is expanding to Europe with the first license as a payment institution issued by the Financial Market Author...

SafeBreach Secures US$53.5 Million in Series D Funding Round

Breach and attack simulation startup SafeBreach announced that it has raised US$53.5 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to over US$106 million. Led by Sonae IM and Israel Growth Partners (IGP), the round was also joined...

Mexican Credit Card Issuer Stori Closes US$200 Million in Oversubscribed Series C

Mexican credit card issuer Stori announced that it has closed US$125 million during an over-subscribed Series C funding round co-led by global venture capital firm GGV Capital and growth-stage investor GIC. Other investors include General Catalyst, G...

G+D Named a Winner of Singapore Fintech Festival’s Global CBDC Challenge

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Munich-based security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) was one of the three winners of the Global Central Bank Digital Currency Challenge (Global CBDC Challenge) The challenge was a par...

FINMA Extends YAPEAL’s License to Now Include Cross Border Services

Swiss digital challenger bank YAPEAL announced that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has granted it a license extension to offer cross border services to international customers. The services include national payments, interna...

Banks Prepare For Big Changes In Switzerland’s Financial Landscape

When it comes to the financial landscape in Switzerland, there’s perception, and there’s reality. The perception may be that it is an isolated, neutral country that opted for independence from the European Union. The reality is it has also made the n...

HWZ Zertifikate neu auf Swisscom Blockchain gespeichert

Die HWZ startet einen Pilotversuch mit der Swisscom: 44 Absolvierende der Studiengänge CAS Digital Finance HWZ und CAS Digital Insurance HWZ erhalten neben dem offiziellen HWZ-Zertifikat auch ein fälschungssicheres Blockchain-Zertifikat. Der Einsa...

Yuh bietet neu Fraktional-Trading an in der Schweiz

In der Yuh-App ist es neu möglich Fractions zu traden, sprich Bruchteile von Finanzinstrumenten zu handeln, ohne das ganze Produkt, wie z. B. Aktien oder ETFs kaufen zu müssen. Mit diesem innovativen neuen Feature wandelt sich auch das Yuhniversum: Z...