News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Thomson Reuters, a Canadian mass media and information firm struck a partnership with Squirro (Swiss) to channel its extensive data and insights via artificial intelligence provide customer intelligence platform. Instead of having a vast amount of da...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Following a series of expansions in countries like Singapore and US, the European fintech unicorn has announced its debut into the Maltese market. According to Revolut, it has already signed up over 25,000 Maltese customers, around 6% of the populati...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
The emergence of fintech has driven the introduction of new business models, including peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, a sector that’s grown in popularity around the world for its ability to fill the void left by traditional lenders. Image via Pexels Alt...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Zurich-based blockchain hub Trust Square is expanding its Bahnhofstrasse location to cover more than 3,000 square meters, offering 300 workstations to startups and researchers. The move is set to turn Trust Square into the world’s largest blockchain...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Facebook is delving deeper into the financial services business, now attempting to persuade large banks in the US to share detailed financial information about their customers including card transactions, shopping habits, and checking account balance...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Although commercial use of blockchain technology remains limited, global executives are poised to make some major moves over the next year, according to a research by Deloitte. A survey commissioned by Deloitte and conducted online between March and...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Berlin, Germany’s largest fintech hub, is rapidly making a name for itself in the European fintech space. Today, the city hosts some of the region’s most exciting, fast-growing fintech ventures. These cover all aspects of financial services, from ban...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
UBS has decided to shut its robo-advisory offering in the UK, SmartWealth, and sell the intellectual property (IP) rights to San Francisco-based wealthtech company SigFig. As part of the transaction, a number of staff at SmartWealth will join SigFig....
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Startup.ch publish every year a list of Top 100 Best Swiss Startups. Last year we counted 7 Swiss Fintech Startups, this year we already count 12. Though only Advanon made it into the Top 10 and the Crypto Finance AG made it with 2 ventures into the...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
n a first for Nigeria, customers of United Bank for Africa can now conduct their favorite banking activities in a secure and convenient manner, by communicating with their bank in a verified WhatsApp chat. This capability is made possible through Cli...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Application programming interfaces (APIs) seem set to usher in a new era of payments solutions, particularly with the advent of regulations such as the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in Europe. However, standardization of technical interfac...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Amazon is attacking the financial services industry, but rather than building the next-generation bank, the American e-commerce giant is focusing on building financial services that support its core strategic goal of increasing participation in the A...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Seit über zwei Jahren ist in der Schweiz das Zahlen mit Apple Pay möglich – also theoretisch. Denn die meisten Schweizer Kreditkartenherausgeber haben Apple Pay nicht freigeschalten – um das eigene Produkt TWINT zu schützen. Das wäre aber gar nicht n...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Zur Förderung von Innovation im Finanzmarktbereich hat der Gesetzgeber Mitte Juni 2018 eine neue Bewilligungskategorie geschaffen: die sogenannte Fintech-Bewilligung. Diese neue Kategorie im Bankengesetz kommt künftig bei Instituten zur Anwendung, di...
News / Switzerland - 5 years ago
Die Arbeitsgruppe Blockchain/ICO wurde Anfang 2018 eingesetzt, um die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen zu überprüfen und allfälligen Handlungsbedarf aufzuzeigen. Mit der vorliegenden Konsultation bietet die Arbeitsgruppe der Branche Gelegenheit, zu den...