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3 years ago
Accenture aims to propel its clients across all industries to rapidly become “cloud first” with an investment of US$3 billion over 3 years with the formation of its aptly-named Accenture Cloud First.
Karthik Narain will lead Accenture Cloud First and...
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3 years ago
Die BankVontobel verstärkt sich mit dem Finanzmarkt- und FinTech-Experten Toby Triebel. Triebel wird zum 5. Oktober die Leitung der globalen Client Unit «Digital Investing» übernehmen und Mitglied des Operating Committee.
Über die Challenger-Einheit...
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3 years ago
Geneva based Libra Association, an independent group organised by Facebook to manage its Libra stablecoin project, announced the appointment of former HSBC head James Emmett, as the Managing Director of Libra Networks.
James Emmett said of his appoin...
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3 years ago
Luc Schuurmans, Head Private Banking, Executive Management at Bank Linth LLB AG, put together an updated overview map of Fintech Companies “Born in Switzerland”.
Since his last update, he collected 11 more Swiss Fintechs- Legartis, Yoordi, Yoordi, b...
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3 years ago
Wealth managers and private banks need to ‘democratise’ their service and product offerings to a wider audience to compete and grow in the new hyper-digital world according to a report by Avaloq.
If firms do not democratise their proposition, they ri...
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3 years ago
Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich have been named as the world’s smartest cities this year knocking off many European cities according to the Smart City Index Report this year.
It is also worth noting that in addition to Zurich, another Swiss city...
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3 years ago
Rapyd, a fintech-as-a-service company, announced a major expansion of its European platform, adding end-to-end card acquiring capabilities to its payments capabilities.
Rapyd now offers a full stack payment acceptance capabilities in Europe including...
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3 years ago
Hinter dem Versprechen von Open Banking verbirgt sich eine Welt neuer Bezahlmöglichkeiten und digitaler Finanzdienstleistungen.
Doch auf europäischer Ebene sind die Vorbehalte gegenüber Open Banking-Angeboten noch immer gross: Lediglich 20% der Europ...
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Switzerland -
3 years ago
3 Swiss fintech startups namely 4bridges, AgFlow and e-traid (e-commerce) were among the startups chosen to be a part of the Swiss Venture Leaders South Africa team.
The selection process for this year was so competitive that the programme included a...
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Switzerland -
3 years ago
3 Swiss fintech startups namely 4bridges, AgFlow and e-traid (e-commerce) were among the startups chosen to be a part of the Swiss Venture Leaders South Africa team.
The selection process for this year was so competitive that the programme included a...
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3 years ago
Crypto Valley has further matured and added substance in the first half of 2020. Despite challenging circumstances because of COVID-19, the number of firms in Crypto Valley has increased to 919, and employment reached over 4700 in Switzerland and Lie...
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Switzerland -
3 years ago
Temenos and Alibaba Cloud announced that Temenos Transact, its core banking product is now certified on the public cloud offering.
The two companies will jointly help banks go to market faster, open up new business models, and achieve industry leadin...
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Switzerland -
3 years ago
Though blockchain-based security tokens hold many potentials, they also have their own limitations and must evolve to address several key challenges, according to a new paper by academics at the Rotterdam School of Management.
In a paper titled Secur...
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Switzerland -
3 years ago
Venturelab introduced the new team of Swiss fintech startups that are ready to advance their international presence and growth.
Following in the footsteps of successful alumni, the 10 startups will kick off their Venture Leaders experience in Novembe...
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3 years ago
Data provider CB Insights has acquired Blockdata, a Netherlands-based market intelligence platform for blockchain and other distributed ledger technology.
As a result of the acquisition, CB Insights will also be opening an office in Amsterdam. Meanwh...