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iCapital, a fintech platform for alternative investments and investors, announced that the Bank of America has made a strategic investment in the company.
Bank of America invested in iCapital at the same valuation as iCapital’s last funding round in...
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The European Union (EU) was among the world’s pioneers in open banking regulation, adopting since the late 2000s a series of directives to allow new types of market players to provide payment services alongside credit institutions, ultimately increas...
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CityFALCON, which transforms unstructured financial content into structured data, has closed its equity fundraising campaign on private investment platform Seedrs after having secured £1.65 million (US$2 million).
As a part of this fundraise, The Hol...
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Binance announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo.
The five-time Ballon D’or winner is joining forces with Binance to provide a one-of-a-kind experience for football fans worldwide, with a series...
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion and Report in response to the European Commission’s Call for Advice (CfA) on the review of the Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
In its response, the EBA puts forward more than 200 prop...
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SumUp has raised a €590 million funding round that gives the company an enterprise value of €8 billion following a decade of rapid growth and global expansion.
The round was led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, with participation from funds manage...
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Der Bundesrat will den Standort Schweiz für Startups weiter stärken. Er hat am 22. Juni 2022 einen Richtungsentscheid zugunsten eines branchenneutralen Schweizer Innovationsfonds getroffen. Dieser soll die Finanzierung von Start-ups insbesondere währ...
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HotTopics.ht, a thought leadership platform for business leaders, has announced 2022’s top 100 global marketing leaders in the technology sector. Of the 100 business-to-business (B2B) marketing executives selected, four represent financial and insura...
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Citi announced yesterday that it has selected Switzerland-based METACO to develop and pilot digital asset custody capabilities.
This collaboration brings together METACO’s technology and digital solutions with Citi’s expansive custody network to deve...
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Fraud prevention platform SEON announced a new partnership with credit risk specialist Provenir to help organisations build better fraud prevention solutions.
Through this partnership, Provenir provides an AI-powered decisioning platform that can ass...
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1 year ago
Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service today announced the launch of its new Loyalty Card feature in the Klarna App.
This allows app users to store and access their physical loyalty cards as digital versions. They can th...
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1 year ago
The core-to-digital solution suite provider, New Access SA, is very proud to announce the signing of a new license agreement with Swiss Private Bank BERGOS AG.
Bergos is an independent Swiss Private Bank specialized in wealth management, offering inv...
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The pandemic has accelerated the growth of non-face-to-face interactions, forcing banks, merchants and others to swiftly deploy digital tools to accurately verify the identity of the person on the other end of a digital transaction.
A 2021 study by a...
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The Swiss Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) and Elevandi (a company set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to advance FinTech in the digital economy) will kick off the inaugural Point ZERO Forum in Zurich, Switzerland, tomorrow...
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In 2021, interest in the metaverse spiked following a surge in sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and announcements from bigtechs sharing their interest and investment in the space.
This year, the momentum is continuing, with corporations, venture c...