News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Drei Anbieter bewarben sich für die Ausschreibung des Kantonalen Steueramts Aargau für eine Softwarelösung zur Abwicklung der Betreibungsverfahren. Collecta AG erhielt als wirtschaftlich bestes Angebot den Zuschlag. Der Markt für Softwarelösungen zum...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Mihails Shafro, xpate CEO, dives deep into how sellers can optimise payment experience to deliver a great shopping experience to customers. Mike Shafro The pandemic has changed the trading landscape and made many merchants move into e-commerce, and r...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
In 2021, fintech companies attracted a new record of US$132 billion, more than double the 2020 figure. The amount represents 21% of all venture funding for 2021, making the sector the undisputed champion, data from CB Insights’ State of Fintech 2021...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
During the last decades, the impact of technology on travel has been significant. New IT services and technologies such as cloud computing and automation have allowed companies in the space to reduce costs, enhance operational efficiency and improve...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Open financial ecosystems, data and analytics, as well as sustainability are the top three most impactful trends shaking up the Swiss wealth management industry. These trends are forcing traditional players to rethink themselves and innovate in order...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
After a tumultuous year 2020, fintech activity in Switzerland regained some of its strength in 2021. Much of the focus was put on large established firms last year as investors pumped large sums of money to support their growth and expansion plans. S...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Unweigerlich gelangt man beim Wort «InsurTech Start-Up» zur Annahme, dass es sich bei einem solchen Unternehmen um ein reines Technologie Start-Up in der Versicherungsbranche handelt. Bisweilen sorgen auch technologische Meisterstücke solcher Unterne...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Recent technological advances including blockchain, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) have ushered a wave of new private-sector financial products and services, paving the way for rapid developments in money. While dozens of countries...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
F10 Switzerland’s eighth batch of early-stage startups selected for the F10 flagship incubation program reflects the innovative FinTech and InsurTech potential and the relevant trends in this sector, covering solutions in areas such as Metaverse, Sus...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
The Swiss Federal Council has released a report outlining its focus on digital finance during its meeting yesterday. In its report, the Federal Council sets out twelve areas of action with specific measures, and instructs the Federal Department of Fi...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Blockchain technology is yielding tremendous innovation and value creation for consumers and businesses around the world. As the technology becomes more mainstream, companies need scalable, secure, and sustainable infrastructure on which to grow thei...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
In 2021, Swiss fintech funding activity regained some of its strengthen after underperforming for three years in a row. Data from Dealroom show that Swiss fintech companies raised a total of US$530 million, up 129% from 2020. The surge followed a per...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Helvengo, a Zurich-based insurtech company focused on small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) has secured over CHF 4.2 million in a seed financing round. The round was led by TX Ventures, the VC arm of Swiss media company TX Group, which is further exp...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Fireblocks, a US-based platform that allows financial institutions to store, move and issue cryptocurrencies, has raised US$550 million in Series E funding, vaulting its valuation to over US$8 billion. The funding round, co-led by D1 Capital Partners...
News / Switzerland - 2 years ago
Today, UBS and Wealthfront, an automated wealth management provider, signed an agreement whereby UBS would acquire Wealthfront in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.4 billion. With over $27 billion in assets under management and more than 470,000 c...