Category : Switzerland

Swiss Helvetia Venture Fund Adds Spanish Insurtech to Its Investment Portfolio

Swiss venture firm Helvetia Venture Fund has invested in Spanish insurtech startup company Freshurance. With the additional capital, Freshurance will participate in Sandbox Spain, as well as expand its marketing and develop the product technologicall...

Vertrauen in digitale Anlageangebote wächst in der Schweiz

Die Zahl der Fintech-Unternehmen in der Schweiz hat sich in den vergangenen fünf Jahren nahezu verdoppelt. Alleine rund 150 Fintechs bieten Dienstleistungen im Bereich Investment Management an. Allerdings vertrauen potenzielle Schweizer Nutzer digita...

A Look at Switzerland’s Blockchain DLT Fintech Industry

A recent analysis by ccecosystems.news has identified 167 blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) startups focusing on financial services in Switzerland. Out of the 167 companies, only 117 had a valid Internet presence, implying that about...

Bitcoin Banking Services Edging Closer to Reality in Switzerland

“We are operationally ready to offer institutional clients bank accounts and payment services in cryptocurrencies, just like Swiss franc accounts.” Gazprombank Switzerland is one of a number of banks hoping that the Swiss regulator will give the gree...

Innosuisse lanciert des Impulsprogrammes «Innovationskraft Schweiz»

Der Bundesrat hat am 11. November 2020 die Lancierung des Impulsprogramms «Innovationskraft Schweiz» durch die Innovationsförderagentur «Innosuisse» beschlossen. Mit erleichterten finanziellen Bedingungen bei der Projektförderung sollen Unternehmen i...

Innosuisse lanciert das Impulsprogramm «Innovationskraft Schweiz»

Helvetia bietet neu eine “Blockchain” Wertsachenversicherungen an

Das Startup Adresta macht via App alle wichtigen Stationen einer Uhr für Hersteller, Händler und Käufer auf einer Blockchain zugänglich. Neu bietet Helvetia Wertsachenversicherungen für Uhren direkt in der App an und deckt so Bedürfnisse dort ab, wo...

Digital Asset Expert Daniel Diemers Secures Another Board Seat

flovtec, a Switzerland-based company that provides liquidity solutions to digital assets exchanges and token issuers, announced that in June 2020 the shareholders have elected Dr. Daniel Diemers to the Board of Directors. This recent appointment is i...

SalesPlaybook Launches Europe’s First Sales Accelerator for B2B Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs have the potential to change our world for the better solving real-world problems by launching, growing, and scaling new business models, technologies, products, and services. Unfortunately, the state of Europe’s B2B sales is far from g...

COVID-19 Fuels Digital Nomad Visas Boom

Before COVID-19, flexible work arrangements had been a trend in the ever-changing world of work, but the public health crisis has accelerated the mass-adoption of remote working to ensure business continuity in these turbulent times. In Switzerland,...

COVID-19 Fuels Digital Nomad Visa Boom

Neue Head Enterprise Marketing bei Huawei Schweiz

Die Enterprise Business Group von Huawei in der Schweiz baut das Marketing aus. welches neu von Caroline Schmutzer geführt wird. Caroline Schmutzer Caroline Schmutzer war zuvor bei AdNovum Informatik AG als Marketingverantwortliche tätig und hatte i...

Gazprombank Switzerland Completes First Successful Bitcoin Transaction

Gazprombank Switzerland, a fully licensed Swiss financial institution, has successfully performed its first transactions in Bitcoin. After receiving approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to provide cryptocurrency bank...

Swiss Expense Fintech Yokoy Extends Its Footprint to Austria

Swiss fintech company Yokoy has opened a new office in Vienna, Austria to serve the DACH market with its expense solution. Reportedly, they have already signed on their Austrian customers. Yokoy uses artificial intelligence to fully digitalise and au...

3 Versicherungen und Zur Rose Apotheke lancieren Digitale Schweizer Gesundheitsplattform

Erstmals werden in der Schweiz Partner aus verschiedenen Bereichen des Gesundheitswesens zusammenarbeiten, um gemeinsam ein Unternehmen zum Betrieb einer integrierten digitalen Gesundheitsplattform zu gründen. Allianz Care, CSS, Visana und Zur Ro...