Category : Switzerland

Top 28 Upcoming Fintech Events Taking Place in Europe in Q4 2023

Europe has rapidly evolved into a powerhouse of fintech innovation and growth, driven by regulatory support, consumer demand, and technological advancements. In recent years, key European cities including London, Berlin and Stockholm have emerged as...

Instant Payments Is Booming: McKinsey Global Payment Report 2023

Usage of cash globally is decreasing at a consistent pace as electronic transactions, including those involving instant payments and digital wallets, are taking off, a new report by McKinsey shows. The 2023 Global Payments Report, released on Septemb...

Schweizer Online-Lending-Markt knackt erstmals die 20-Milliarden-Franken-Grenze

Die Geschäftsmodelle von Marketplace Lending Plattformen unterscheiden sich fundamental von demjenigen von Banken. Sie treten lediglich als Online-Vermittler auf und nehmen keine Einlagen von Kundinnen und Kunden in die eigene Bilanz. Sie vergeben se...

TX Ventures Invests in UK Core Banking Platform Saascada

TX Ventures has invested in UK-based core banking platform SaaScada. This investment allows SaaScada to further expand its footprint across Europe. With the expansion of SaaScada’s sales and marketing functions following investment in 2022, SaaScada’...

12 Winning Initiatives of Zurich Insurance Innovation Championship 2023

From submission to winner and now local execution – with the chance to be scaled globally. That’s the action-packed journey that this year’s Zurich Innovation Championship winners have undertaken over the past nine months. Zurich Insurance Group held...

Zuger Kantonalbank Launches Crypto Asset Trading and Storage

The first cantonal bank to offer clients straightforward trading and secure storage of the most common cryptocurrencies. The offering complements its existing investment services and is delivered within a fully regulated banking environment. As of to...

UBS Asset Management Launches First Blockchain-Native Tokenized VCC Fund Pilot in Singapore

UBS Asset Management has launched its first live pilot of a tokenized Variable Capital Company (VCC) fund. The fund is part of a wider VCC umbrella designed to bring various “real world assets” on-chain as part of Project Guardian, a collaborative in...

New Study Sheds Light on Crypto’s Super-Rich

Over the past decade, the rise of cryptocurrency has created a new class of millionaires and billionaires. The early adopters, investors, business founders, and more broadly, those who bought in early and held onto their investments, became extremely...

US VC Investments Show Signs of Stabilization

After 18 months of decline, the US venture capital (VC) investment landscape is showing signs of stabilization and returning to 2019-2020 levels, new data released by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) show. In H2 2022 and H1 2023, VC investments in US compan...

Banking is Becoming Byte-Sized with Rise of Embedded Finance

Banks must harness disruptive technologies and create their own or actively participate in digital ecosystems to remain at the heart of the banking universe, according to a global Economist Impact study, commissioned by Temenos, which surveyed 300 ba...

Hypi Lenzburg Joins SIX Digital Exchange

SDX, operator of a Swiss stock exchange and CSD using distributed ledger technology, welcomes Hypothekarbank Lenzburg as a new member on its Central Securities Depository (CSD). Joining SDX’s CSD marks a milestone for Hypothekarbank Lenzburg on its p...

Jumio Recognized as Representative Vendor for Identity Verification by Gartner

Jumio, a provider of identity verification solutions, has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the latest Gartner Market Guide for Identity Verification. This is the fifth consecutive year that Jumio has received this recognition. Vendors ar...

Payment Incumbents Ramp up B2B Payment Innovation Efforts

Innovation in consumer payments has progressed tremendously over the past years, pushed by demand for more efficient and secure methods of paying for goods and services both online and cashlessly. But while digitalization has flourished in the consum...

SAP Fioneer Launches ESG Software to Help Financial Institutions Mitigate Growing Regulatory Risks

SAP Fioneer has launched its first software solution for ESG data orchestration and calculation for portfolio and single exposure KPI. The solution not only plugs the data gap banks and insurers need to remain ESG compliant, but also enables them to...

Microsoft Deepens Partnership with Finastra to Help Banks Modernize Trade

Financial services software and cloud solutions provider Finastra have entered into a multi-year global agreement with Microsoft for trade platform modernization. Powered by a full microservices architecture using Microsoft Azure, the Finastra Trade...