News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Following a 2017 China launch, Swatch brings its NFC payments watch, stylised as SwatchPay to Swiss shores. In a collaboration with Mastercard, the “credit card watch” comes with an NFC radio chip hidden underneath the watch dial. Custome...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Falcon Private Bank, a Zurich-based wealth manager now allows its clients to transfer a limited variety of cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether and Litecoin) to segregated Falcon wallets. According to the website, the cryptocurrencies are sto...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Wer fit ist im Umgang mit komplexen Datenstrukturen und programmieren kann, ist gefragt auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Finanzfachleute in der Schweiz können sich jetzt diese Kompetenzen gezielt mit dem neuen Lehrgang von AZEK zum Chartered Financial Data Scie...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
A new white paper published by Banking Circle, has identified the stealth effect outdated payments processes are having on the insurance sector. The white paper reveals that out-dated and manually intensive collection and reconciliation systems are s...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The Regtech: Beyond Compliance report by Frost&Sullivan was commissioned by Enterprise Ireland to analyse key trends in the global regtech market. In it, they refer to a 2017 Frost & Sullivan end-user survey of banking, financial services and...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Ten years after the global banking crisis, the Swiss financial industry faces its next crucial challenge. Once again, it must fundamentally renew itself, and perhaps even selectively reinvent itself. The driving force behind this new evolution is the...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its advice to the European Union (EU) institutions on crypto-assets and initial coin offerings (ICOs) regulation, calling for a common EU-wide regulatory approach. In its advice paper...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Through a simple connection, wealth managers in Switzerland, banks and asset managers can now provide their clients with an end-to-end service offering for digital assets with Vontobel’s new solution ‘Digital Asset Vault’. As a result, clients can is...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
In the banking industry’s quest towards open banking, standardisation has now become the name of the game towards global applicability. There is a consistent push and pull between whether these standards should come from regulators or industry...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The new Swiss Fintech Startup Map counts now 308 members. 19 new Swiss Fintech Startups joined the map: Craider Technologies GmbH Mimic GmbH noku AG Tiberius Technology Ventures AG Token Estate SA RevenYou GmbH MyBit Foundation Oakura Ventures AG A...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Referred to as the “tech breakthrough megatrend” by PwC, blockchain is poised to change the rules by automating trust, increasing transparency and simplifying business processes. However, to unleash its full potential, several challenges must be addr...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), an institutional-grade, regulated digital asset exchange, has added Ripple (XRP) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). The GBX is part of is part of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) Group. Nick Cowan, Ma...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Referred to as the “tech breakthrough megatrend” by PwC, blockchain is poised to change the rules by automating trust, increasing transparency and simplifying business processes. However, to unleash its full potential, several challenges must be addr...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
More then 70 Fintech Startups applied for the Swiss Fintech Awards 2019. The jury has pre-selected a very interesting mix of five Swiss Early Stage Fintech Startups and five Growth Stage Swiss Fintech Startups. The winners will be announced during th...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
A recent customer survey carried by leading finance management portal Nummo has brought forward monetary concerns among the citizens in the upcoming year. Conducted in the month of October, the survey has revealed that debt obligation is the numero u...