News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
European consumers will be able to reap the full benefits of paying online for goods and services, thanks to new rules that will it make it cheaper, easier and safer to make electronic payments. The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
A globally fintech hub, London has been on the forefront of financial innovation, fueled by its supportive government, advanced financial services sector and burgeoning tech ecosystem. This year again, London will be hosting some of the world’s...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
London Blockchain Week is pleased to announce that DreamTeam, IBM, BTCC, IOTA Foundation and Gibraltar Stock Exchange will be headlining the event in January 2018 in London. Now in its fourth year, Blockchain Week will bring together between 800-140...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
Wer die digitale Transformation vorantreiben will, steht vor der Frage, wie die Softwareentwicklung schneller und flexibler werden kann. Die Basler Kantonalbank hat sie beantwortet. So konnte die Bank die Entwicklung ihrer Core-Banking-Plattform Ava...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
The Swiss Crypto Valley Association who is supporting the development of blockchain and cryptographic related technologies and businesses, announced the launch of a Code of Conduct for Initial Coin Offerings. It is intended that this framework will g...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
The Insurance Linked Strategies (ILS) team at Lombard Odier Investment Managers has completed its first bond transaction using blockchain, the immutable ledger for recording transactions. The team’s purchase of catastrophe bonds is believed to be am...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
As cryptocurrencies gain popularity, scalability issues and high transaction fees have forced Swiss startup Lykke to switch from a semi-decentralized to a centralized operational mode. The transition for Bitcoin trading wallets occurred in late-Decem...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
German Fintech Overview and Map 2018 and link collection provided by our German blogging friends from paymentbanking. German FinTech Overview Link collection: Payment https://www.sumup.de https://www.izettle.com/de http://www.go4q.mobi http://www.ip...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
Insurtechs enable insurance carriers to innovate much faster than they do today. Their innovative solutions dramatically improve the primary process of insurance carriers; they take away the frictions that customers experience when dealing with an in...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
Neun Prozent der Befragten haben bereits Bitcoins oder andere Kryptowährungen gekauft. Weitere elf Prozent gaben an, im kommenden Jahr darin investieren zu wollen. Dabei rechnen nur gerade acht Prozent dieser zweiten Gruppe effektiv mit Kursgewinnen;...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
In recent weeks there have been reports in various media outlets and publications of differences of opinion and governance issues in regards to the Tezos Foundation internally as well as its founders. Due to this, many of our clients and concerned co...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
Im Zuge des digitalen Wandels sehen sich traditionelle Unternehmen mit einer völlig neuen Konkurrenz konfrontiert: Nicht mehr nur die bisherigen Wettbewerber, sondern branchenfremde Player wie die grossen Tech-Konzerne aus dem Silicon Valley und jung...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
LiveEdu is a decentralized learning ecosystem that teaches people how to build complete products in future technological fields. They are building the YouTube for online education. You can also describe their ecosystem as the next-generation Lynda.co...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
Im Niedrigzinsumfeld gewinnen passive Anlageinstrumente an Beliebtheit. Im Vergleich zu aktiv verwalteten Anlagen bieten sie Renditevorteile durch ihre günstige Gebührenstruktur. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) sind eine attraktive Kapitalanlage für lan...
News / Switzerland - 6 years ago
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission’s (GFSC) DLT Regulatory Framework came in to effect on 1st January 2018. This means that firms in Gibraltar, that use DLT (also known as blockchain) to store or transmit value belonging to others, now have...