News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
At an extraordinary general meeting last week, a new financing round was announced. A consortium of renowned investors will invest over the next three years a total of up to CHF 10 million in the further development of the digital Swiss wealth manage...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
Auf ihrem Digitalisierungsweg ist die acrevis Bank AG eine weitere Partnerschaft eingegangen. Zusammen mit dem Fintech-Unternehmen 3rd-eyes AG will die Ostschweizer Regionalbank mit der Entwicklung eines toolunterstützten Beratungsprozesses ein weite...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
In 2018, 1’132 Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and Security Token Offerings (STOs) were successfully completed, twice as many as in 2017 (552 in total) – as shown in the fourth ICO / STO report by PwC Strategy in collaboration with Crypto Valley Associ...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
The Nextgen Payments Forum Cyprus, taking place on 04-05 April 2019 is the 6th consecutive Forum within the Global Payments Series. Set to address the online payment ecosystem, upcoming regulatory reform (PSD2) pushing for Open Banking, TPPS & Fi...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
FRIDAY, a Berlin-based insurance company, has completed a round of financing. SevenVentures, the financial investor of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE and the media investor German Media Pool are both investing up to €39 million. The Baloise Group (FRI...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
FRIDAY, a Berlin-based insurance company, has completed a round of financing. SevenVentures, the financial investor of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE and the media investor German Media Pool are both investing up to €39 million. The Baloise Group (FRIDAY’s...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
Neue gesetzliche Anforderungen in der Schweiz ab 2020, werden Regtech Dienstleitungen in den Finanzdienstleistungen zu einem sehr grossen Thema machen. Die Berner Börse will hier ganz vorne mitmischen und sucht dazu nun auch Regtech Partner. Voraussi...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
RegTech is a shorthand for regulatory tech, a subset of fintech that focuses on technologies that could help facilitate the delivery of regulatory requirements in a comprehensive and cost-effective way. The rise of RegTech was only a matter of time,...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
The following article is a short overview of the skills which bankers will need in the future. Of course, you can stay where you are, but I recommend that you improve or learn new skills and I don’t mean traditional banking skills. Author: Fabi...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
At a time when many banks are looking to invest in fintech companies, open banking fintech Raisin is taking the road less travelled by buying MHB Bank of Frankfurt, its longtime service bank. Raisin operates an online marketplace for savings and inve...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
The first Swiss property is now “live” on the blockchain. In Baar, in the canton of Zug, the first property was tokenized via the transaction platform of blockimmo. The trade volume amounts to around CHF 3 million. This transaction was made possible...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
Die wefox Group, ein in der Schweiz gegründetes und in Berlin ansässiges InsurTech, hat erfolgreich die Rekordsumme von 125 Millionen US-Dollar in seiner Series-B-Runde erzielt. Die Investitionsrunde wurde von der Mubadala Investment Company und dere...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
Die neue Partnerschaft zwischen dem Schweizer Retailer Volg und des Zürcher FinTech Startups Sonect bringt die Bargeldbezüge zurück. Dank dem Service von Sonect, welcher den Bargeldbezug per App erlaubt, haben etliche Schweizer Dörfer wieder einen be...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
Namhafte Schweizer Unternehmen, Universitäten und Behörden haben gestern den Verein cardossier gegründet. Der Verein entwickelt, orchestriert und betreibt die cardossier-Plattform, die den Lebenszyklus eines Fahrzeugs auf einer Blockchain digital...
News / Switzerland - 1 month ago
Deutsche InsurTech-Unternehmen waren 2018 bei Investoren so beliebt wie noch nie: Mehr als 173 Millionen US-Dollar flossen in Start-ups der digitalen Versicherungswirtschaft, so das Ergebnis einer InsurTech-Funding Studie von Finanzchef24. Digit...