Category : Switzerland

BX Swiss Uses Blockchain to Protect Approved Securities Prospectuses Against Falsification

As part of its role as a prospectus review office under the Financial Services Act, BX Swiss reviews and deposits securities prospectuses. In order to ensure that prospectuses always correspond to the approved version, BX Swiss has integrated the cer...

New CEO for Privatam, the Customized Investments Fintech

Privatam announced the appointment of a new CEO, the Swiss-Italian Massimo Passamonti, co-founder of the Fintech offering its services to wealth managers. Massimo Passamonti, a graduate nuclear engineer, started his career at the European Centre for...

St.Galler Kantonalbank baut Open Wealthtech API

Synpulse unterstützt die St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB) dabei, standardisierte Programmierschnittstellen (APIs) für ihre Depotbank-Services gegenüber ihren externen Vermögensverwaltern (eVV) zu entwerfen. Die neuen OpenWealth APIs werden gemeinsam mi...

COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Adoption in Real Estate: Proptech Ventures Report

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the real estate industry to accelerate its digital transformation, bringing both challenges and opportunities to the sector, according to a new report by independent European venture capital (VC) fund PropTech1 Ventur...

Swiss Fintech Loanboox Appoints new CEO and CRO

The Zurich based debt capital market platform Loanboox is broadening its executive team: Philippe Cayrol joins the Fintech as its new CEO. The experienced start-up manager takes over from founder Stefan Muehlemann who will focus on his role as Execut...

Which Fintech Sectors Will Gain From COVID-19?

Like other sectors, fintech funding has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic turmoil, with investment down during the first months of 2020. However, the long-term impact of COVID-19 will differ across segments, with secto...

Introducing the TransferWise Debit Card and Borderless Account

UK fintech unicorn TransferWise quietly launched its Borderless account and linked debit card offering in early 2018 for customers located in the UK and European Union (EU), before adding support for those in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Singa...

Mason Privatbank in Liechtenstein Offers Digital Asset Custody Services for Their Asia-Based Clients

Hex Trust has announced that Mason Privatbank Liechtenstein AG, has selected them to provide digital asset custody services for their Asia-based clients. The partnership enables Mason Privatbank Liechtenstein AG’s clients (high net worth individuals...

Mason Privatbank in Liechtenstein Offers Digital Asset Custody Services for Asia-Based Clients

Vanguard: Asset-Backed Securities Issuance via Blockchain

Vanguard, in partnership with technology provider Symbiont, announced the completion of the first phase of a blockchain pilot designed to digitize the issuance of asset-backed securities (ABS). In close collaboration with a large US ABS issuer, as we...

Sparbatze bringt eigene Aktien auf die Blockchain

Sparbatze hat sich entschieden, sein Aktienregister digital auf der Blockchain Lösung von daura zu führen. Damit können die Aktien als Token zugänglich gemacht werden. daura basiert auf Schweizer Recht und läuft auf einer privaten, in der Schweiz dur...

Holistic Life Risk Assessment and Tailored Coverage with Vlot

With rate of new COVID-19 cases slowing, Switzerland is gradually easing restrictions in a bid to avoid further damage to the economy. As of June 12, Switzerland recorded more than 31,000 COVID-19 cases including over 1,600 deaths, according to data...

Johann Schneider-Ammann Joins the Board of Directors of Crypto Valley Venture Capital

Former Swiss President and Federal CouncillorJohann Schneider-Ammann has joined the Board of Directors of Crypto Valley Venture Capital CV VC. With his entrepreneurial experience and his network, the former Minister of Economics and Science brings un...

Fintech Influencer Switzerland Interview Series: 7 Fragen an Daniel Diemers

Fintechnews.ch interviewt in einer Serie von Kurz-Interviews bekannte Schweizer Fintech Influenzer. Heute sprechen wir mit Daniel Diemers* über Fintech und Passporting im Nahen Osten und über Wealthtech. Hallo Dani, was hat sich während der Pandemi...

Revolut im Nacken der Schweizer Prepaidkarten-Anbieter / Transferwise Karte noch unbekannt

Der unabhängige Online-Vergleichsdienst moneyland.ch hat im Rahmen einer repräsentativen Online-Umfrage Anfang 2020 befragt, welche Kreditkarten und Prepaidkarten die Schweizer Bevölkerung nutzt und wie zufrieden sie mit diesen ist. Insgesamt sind 15...