Category : Switzerland

Dutch Payments Security Firm Fraudio Secures US$3.3 Million in Seed Funding

Fraudio, a Netherlands-based payments fraud prevention startup, announced that it has raised US$3.3 million during a seed funding round. Investors in this round are the founders of FinTech companies Stone and SaltPay, VCs BiG Start Ventures and BYND...

Baloise Launches a Mobility Accelerator for Early-Stage Startups

Baloise, a Swiss insurance holding company, has launched its own mobility accelerator with the aim of promoting innovative ideas by early-stage startups under the tagline Mobility@Baloise. The initiative goes hand in hand with the launch of its infor...

Visa Expands Its Fintech Partner Connect Programme

Visa announced the expansion of its Visa Fintech Partner Connect programme which is designed to help financial institutions quickly connect with a vetted and curated set of technology providers. By streamlining the discovery process, Fintech Partner...

6 Startups to Know in Italy’s Booming Insurtech Sector

Italy, one of the main European insurance markets, has a rich insurtech sector that has witnessed exponential growth on the back of booming investment and increasing collaboration with incumbents to develop innovative products and services. Industry...

E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Firm Forter Secures US$300 Million Funding

Forter, a U.S.-based integrated fraud prevention platform for e-commerce, announced that it has raised US$300 million in Series F funding round. The announcement comes six months after the company completed its US$125 million Series E round, almost t...

Payments Firm Paysend Secures US$125 Million in Series B Fundraise

Paysend, a London-based payments platform, announced that it has closed a Series B funding round of US$125 million. The fundraise was led by One Peak, with participation from Infravia Growth Capital, Hermes GPE Innovation Fund, and existing long-term...

RIDDLE&CODE Granted Crypto License From Austrian Regulator

RIDDLE&CODE Fintech Solutions, an Austrian blockchain interface solutions provider, has obtained a license as a “service provider for virtual/cryptographic tokens” from the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). The crypto firm is...

TONI Digital und Migros lancieren Onlineversicherung

Während das Zürcher Insurtech TONI den Versicherungsmarkt transparenter, digitaler und günstiger machen will, steht die Migros für faire, einfache und kostengünstige Produkte. Die neue Partnerschaft weitet dieses Produktversprechen nun auf den Versic...

German Neobroker Trade Republic Announces US$900 Million Fundraise Led by Sequoia

German neobroker Trade Republic announced that it has raised US$900 million in a Series C funding round which pushed its valuation to over US$5 billion at present. The fundraise was led by Sequoia with participation from new investors TCV and Thrive...

German Neobroker Trade Republic Announces US$900 Million Fundraise

F10 Welcomes Swiss Hewlett Packard Enterprise Into Its Global Fintech Ecosystem

F10 announced that it has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Switzerland for its fintech accelerator programme along with other renown financial institutions, consulting and tech firms. The partnership with F10 is a strategic initiative...

ETC Group Lists Physically Backed Ethereum and Litecoin Crypto ETCs on SIX

ETC Group, a specialist provider of digital asset-backed securities, has announced that it will list its physically backed Ethereum and Litecoin cryptocurrency ETCs on the Swiss Stock Exchange SIX. The listing of ETHetc (ETC Group’s Physical Ethereum...

Revolut Rolls Out Invoice Tool for Its Business Account Users

Revolut, a British fintech company offering banking services, has rolled out a new feature enabling its users to send professional invoices from their Revolut Business account in minutes without having to switch between platforms. With Revolut‘...

China, UK, Germany Among Top Shopping Markets for European E-Commerce Customers

In Europe, online shoppers are increasingly embracing cross-border e-commerce, with China, the UK and Germany emerging as the top three preferred shopping markets, a new report says. In a new paper titled How Europe prefers to pay: E-Commerce Payment...

Prifate Equity Firms to Acquire Irish Regtech Fenergo in US$600 Million Deal

Irish regtech Fenergo announced that it has been acquired by private equity firms, the Paris-based Astorg and London-based Bridgepoint, from Insight Partners. While financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed publicly, the Irish Times cited...