Category : Switzerland

Physical Fintech Events are Back in Europe

As vaccination rollout continues and confidence begins to return, governments in Europe are starting to relax COVID-19 restrictions. Already, signs are showing that the event industry is inching back to the traditional in-person events that were the...

IDnow Notches Its Third Acquisition With French Regtech ARIADNEXT

IDnow, a German-based leader in identity verification-as-a-service solutions, announced that it has agreed to acquire ARIADNEXT, a French company specialising in remote identity verification and digital identity creation. With IDnow and ARIADNEXT joi...

JPMorgan Chase Set to Snap up 40% Stake in Brazilian Digital Bank C6

JPMorgan Chase has entered into an agreement for a 40% ownership stake in Brazilian digital bank C6 Bank for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2019, C6 Bank has reportedly amassed more than 7 million customers on its digital platform. C6 Bank offers a...

Payoneer Finalises Merger With SPAC Company, Begins Trading on Nasdaq

Cross border payments specialist Payoneer announced that it has completed its merger with the FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. (FTOC), a special purpose acquisition company, to become a publicly traded company. As a result of this merger, a new public...

Deutsche Börse Group Acquires Majority Stake in Crypto Finance AG

Deutsche Börse Group has acquired a majority stake in Crypto Finance AG, a financial group under consolidated FINMA supervision that offers trading, storage, and investment in digital assets to institutional and professional clients. Through the acqu...

Finastra Study: Banking-as-a-Service to Gain Massive Traction in the Next Year

According to a global study by Finastra, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and inclusive banking services will have a significant impact on the industry over the next twelve months. While this trend is expected worldwide by 85 percent of the surveyed globa...

Top 5 Fintech Cities in the USA

A world leader in tech innovation, it comes with little surprise that the US has produced some of the world’s biggest fintech companies with widely renowned names including PayPal, Square and Stripe. Today, the country hosts some of the largest and m...

Swisscom Selects AWS for Its Move Towards a Cloud-Native 5G Network

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that Swisscom, a Switzerland-base telecommunications company, has selected AWS as its preferred public cloud provider for its enterprise IT. Swisscom is pursuing a cloud-first strategy and w...

NSF lanciert den SME Lending Fund Switzerland

Über die Schweizer Marketplace Lending-Plattformen Cashare, Crowd4Cash und Lend investiert der neu aufgesetzte Anlagefonds von NSF diversifiziert in Schweizer und liechtensteinische KMU Kredite. Professionelle und qualifizierte Anleger erhalten dadur...

World Wealth Report 2021 Highlights Booming Wealthtech Sector, Rising Crypto Adoption

The wealth management sector is undergoing a profound transformation on the back of macroeconomic, technological and social shifts. High-net-worth-individuals (HNWIs) are increasingly investing in emerging asset classes, evolving client profiles and...

UK’s Credit Scoring Platform ClearScore Secures US$200 Million Investment

ClearScore, a UK-based free credit scoring service and marketplace, announced that it has secured US$200 million from global equity investor Invus Opportunities, pushing its valuation to US$700 million. The investment is a mix of primary and secondar...

German Fintech Deposit Solutions Merges With Rival Raisin to Form Raisin DS

Deposit Solutions and Raisin have announced the completion of their merger to from Raisin DS, servicing banks and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic in the savings and investment market. The merger only needs to be registered in the commercial r...

EU Plans Digital Identity Scheme for All Bloc’s Citizens, Residents and Businesses

The European Commission (EC) has released a framework for a digital identity scheme for all citizens, residents and businesses in the European Union (EU), allowing anyone in the bloc to prove their identity, share electronic documents and access onli...

Digital Asset Inks Deal to Connect Daml-Driven Apps Into the Nasdaq Marketplace

Digital Asset announced a new partnership with Nasdaq to enable Daml-driven applications on the Nasdaq Marketplace Services Platform. Nasdaq and Digital Asset customers will be able to leverage applications built in Daml, a multi-party application pl...

Instimatch Teams up With FQX to Roll Out eNotesTM for Its Institutional Client Base

Instimatch Global, a Swiss digital platform for institutional short-term money market trading, is partnering with Swiss Fintech FQX to augment its core offering by introducing eNotesTM, a disruptive short-term financing and payment tool. The company...