Category : News

BIS Proposes Vision for New Financial System Built Around Tokenization and Platforms

A new paper by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) presents the think tank’s vision for a new financial system dubbed the “Finternet”. This new financial system involves multiple financial ecosystems interconnec...

Checkout.com and Mastercard Partner to Bring Virtual Cards to Online Travel Agents

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, has announced a partnership with Mastercard to bring virtual cards to Online Travel Agents. As part of the Mastercard Wholesale Program, which reduces costs for t...

Securitize Announces $47 Million Strategic Funding Round Led by Blackrock

Securitize, a leader in tokenizing real-world assets announced last week the successful completion of a $47 million funding round led by BlackRock. The strategic investment also includes funding from Hamilton Lane, ParaF...

Neon und Invesco lancieren kostenlose ETF-Sparpläne für die Schweiz

Lange schauten Herr und Frau Schweizer – oftmals sogar neidisch – auf die Anlagemöglichkeiten vieler EU-Nachbarstaaten. Das gebührenfreie, monatliche Ansparen in börsenkotierte Fonds (ETFs) war bis anhin in der Schweiz n...

Global Venture Capital Funding Rises 11% Driven by Large Gen AI Deals

Venture capital (VC) funding increased by 11% in Q1 2024, driven by massive deals in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), including Amazon’s US$2.75 billion investment in Anthropic and Alibaba’s US$2.5 billion in...

ComplyAdvantage Acquires Financial Crime Intelligence Provider Golden

by Fintechnews Switzerland May 3, 2024 ComplyAdvantage, a leader in fina...

New WEF Report Explores the Potential of wCBDC to Advance Financial Markets

In a new report released on April 16, the World Economic Forum explores the potential of wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs) to address challenges in financial markets, improve settlement efficiency and ta...

PayPal Ventures to Ramp Up Investments in AI, Cybersecurity, Crypto

PayPal Ventures, the investment arm of the online payment firm, plans to increase its investment activity to keep up with technological advancements, seeking investment opportunities in fields such as artificial intellig...

Top 7 Most Active Gulf Investors in Europe

by Fintechnews Switzerland May 2, 2024 The Gulf region has historically...

Europe’s 15 Biggest Banking Technology Companies

by Fintechnews Switzerland April 30, 2024 The Financial Technology Repor...

ETF Anlage Startup Findependent Erreicht 100Millionen CHF AUM Meilenstein

Das Schweizer Anlage-Startup findependent erreicht kurz nach dem 3-jährigen Geburtstag gleich zwei Meilensteine. Einerseits nutzen bereits weit mehr als 10’000 Kunden die App für die Geldanlage. Andererseits hat das verw...

Money20/20 Europe Returns to Amsterdam with Focus on Human/Machine Partnership

Money20/20, a leading fintech event series, will return to Amsterdam for its European edition from June 04 to 06, 2024. This event aims to serve as a premier platform for global innovators, venture capitalists (VCs), ban...

Top Fintech VC Funding Rounds in Europe for Q1 2024

by Fintechnews Switzerland April 25, 2024 In Q1 2024, Europe experienced...

Der Immobilienmarkt in der Schweiz bietet eine der grössten Chancen der letzten 20 Jahre

by Company Announcement April 25, 2024 Der Schweizer Immobilienmarkt ble...

Betterment Acquires Marcus Digital Investing From Goldman Sachs

Betterment, the largest independent digital investment advisor in the United States, announced that it has reached an agreement with Goldman Sachs to acquire Marcus Invest’s digital investing accounts. Marcus Invest, whi...