News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Swisscom just released the new Swiss Fintech Startup Map March. The Swiss Fintech map counts now 319 Startups. 4 new Swiss Fintech Startups joined the map: Kreditfabrik AG The credit factory offers demanding clients a comprehensive service for the...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Nutzer besitzen heute mehrere digitale Indentitäten. Einige davon verwenden sie häufig, andere selten. Die Umfrage zur Verwendung digitaler Identitäten, die AdNovum im Oktober 2018 durchführte, zeigt, wie viele Zugangsdaten Nutzer haben. Nur gerade 1...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Fintech continues to thrive in Germany with the number of fintech companies and investment volume steadily growing. Berlin in particular has emerged as one of Europe’s leading fintech hubs, hosting 27% of the country’s fintech companies. Frankfurt an...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The countdown to the entry into force of the new Swiss Financial Services Act (FinSA) is underway. It will only take a few months and then certain client advisors operating in Switzerland – primarily those of foreign financial service providers...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Nachdem schweizweit bereits über 50’000 Parkplätze für die Bezahlung mit der TWINT App ausgerüstet sind, folgt nun die Stadt Zürich. Die Vorteile: Keine lästige Münzsuche und die Parkierenden bezahlen mit TWINT nur die tatsächliche Parkzeit. Er...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The Swiss Federal Council initiated consultation recently to adopt a more blockchain friendly federal law. They emphasized that they want to create the best possible framework to further cement Switzerland as a leading hub for fintech and blockchain...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
In western countries, more than half of the population have at least one pet, especially dogs and cats. Not all suppliers in this market of millions focus on the welfare of animals, however. “Adopt don’t shop” has been a mantra amon...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Der Bundesrat will noch im Frühjahr Vorschläge zur Regulierung von Kryptowährungen wie Bitcoin in die Vernehmlassung schicken. Das sagte Finanzminister Ueli Maurer am Mittwoch im Nationalrat. Der Rat nahm dennoch einen Vorstoss dazu an. Mit 99 zu 83...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The introduction of a new fintech licence and a revision of the sandbox requirements means that certain adjustments to the regulations have to be made by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. When it comes to pass, companies with a...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The blockchain ecosystem has been steadily maturing over the past several years and projects are getting both larger and closer to going live, or have already done so. 2019 is set to witness several large platforms attract significant user bases, acc...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
In Ukraine, fintech only started to draw the attention of the financial sector players in 2017 after a series of related forums and events, but the industry is now beginning to take off with more than 60 companies at different stages of maturity, acc...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Apiax has been named “Early Stage Startup of the Year” at the Swiss FinTech Awards 2019. The startup is also announcing its expansion into the UK and has secured the services of a former FCA expert for this undertaking. The Zurich-based r...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Apiax, a Zurich based regtech startup that helps ensure compliance for banks and wealth managers have announced their expansion into the UK. This news comes fresh off the back of Apiax bagging the “Early Stage Startup of the Year” at the...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) has just announced a merger with e-commerce and payments player Worldpay. The combined entity, which would inherit the FIS name, will offer enterprise banking, payments, capital markets and global e-comm...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
As one of the 3 finalists, Selma Finance was invited to pitch at Geneva WealthTech Forum. Together with the other two Swiss nominees: Aaaccell & Gold Avenue. During the pitch contest Patrik Schär, CEO of Selma, presented how Selma serves as the d...