Category : Switzerland

PropTech Innovation Ranking 2021: Das sind die Top-20-Firmen der Schweiz

Die PropTech Academy Schweiz hat einen internationalen «PropTech Innovation»-Bewertungsprozess entwickelt. Damit wurden nun erstmals 155 Schweizer Firmen der Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft nach ihrem Innovationsgrad bewertet und ein «PropTech Innovati...

Stripe Raises $600 Million in Funding, Pushing Its Valuation To $95 Billion

Stripe, an Irish-American payment processing platform, has raised $600 million (€500 million) during a funding round, pushing its valuation to $95 billion (€80 billion). Primary investors include Allianz X, Axa, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity Management &...

Rivero and Viseca Launch the First End-to-End Digital Chargeback Solution amiko

Rivero, a Swiss fintech company providing payments processing solution, has launched “amiko”, the first end-to-end digital chargeback solution. The solution was launched in partnership with Viseca Payment Services, an issuer and processor of Masterca...

swisspartners erweitert mit Sygnum Bank sein Angebot im Kryptobereich

Als einer der grössten External Asset Manager entwickelt und vertreibt swisspartners individuelle Lösungen in der klassischen Vermögensverwaltung und -strukturierung. Mit der Kooperation mit der Sygnum Bank reagiert swisspartners auf die steigende Ku...

Petra Jenner wird General Manager Schweiz und Osteuropa bei Salesforce

Zum neuen Geschäftsjahr stellt sich Salesforce Schweiz neu auf. Petra Jenner übernimmt ab sofort als General Manager Schweiz von Blaise Roulet, der seit 2015 für die Leitung des hiesigen Markts verantwortlich war. Blaise Roulet übernimmt bei Salesfor...

AdNovum Appoints Appway Exec as Its New Chief Marketing Officer

Swiss software company AdNovum has appointed Andreas Punter as its Chief Marketing Officer. By creating this new position, AdNovum aims to strengthen its marketing and communication unit and thus support the strategic focus on clients and vertical ma...

ICC and Finastra Team up To Close the Growing Trade Finance Gap

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Finastra, a London-based financial services software and cloud solutions provider, have committed to a strategic initiative to tackle the growing trade finance gap. Both organisations are orchestrating...

Switzerland Bags the Top Spot in United Nation’s B2C E-Commerce Index in 2020

For the first time, Switzerland leads the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce Index, an annual list by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) which ranks 152 countries on their readiness to support and engage in online comm...

Klarna’s Open Banking Solution Extended to 8 More European Markets

Swedish payments firm Klarna announced the expansion of its open banking solution across eight more European countries, which now includes Portugal, Denmark, Luxembourg, Ireland, Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. As part of the latest expansion...

Swiss Private Bank NPB Offers Incore Bank’s Digital Asset Banking Services

NPB Neue Privat Bank, a Zurich-based Swiss boutique private bank, announced that it is introducing InCore Bank‘s comprehensive digital asset banking services to its clients. With this partnership, NPB’s clients will now able to trade in m...

BNP Paribas Launches Instant Payments for European E-Commerce Merchants

Token, a London-based open banking payments platform, and BNP Paribas, announced the launch of online payments service to combine the power of SEPA Instant and PSD2 APIs, two major initiatives from the European Payments Council. Developed with Token,...

Baloise’s Insurtech Arm FRIDAY Expands To France

FRIDAY, a Berlin-based insurtech which is a Baloise subsidiary, has announced its expansion into the French market. FRIDAY currently has a team at four offices namely Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Luxembourg. Launched by Baloise as part of its Simply Saf...

Is a SPAC Approach Plausible for Swiss Companies?

Well, it’s already happening. In the past week, I have heard of 4 Swiss private companies approached by US-listed SPACs interested to acquire them. There may be more such cases in Switzerland by now, but there will definitely be more in the near futu...

UK Digital Bank Starling Raises £272 Million Funding, Secures Valuation of £1.1 Billion

UK digital bank Starling announced a £272 million (US$ 376 million) Series D funding round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. The new investment values the company at £1.1 billion (US$ 1.5 billion) pre-money. The funding will be deplo...

PayPal to Acquire Crypto Security Firm Curv

PayPal announced that it has agreed to acquire Curv to accelerate and expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Curv is a provider of cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security based in Tel Aviv, was founded in...