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2 years ago
Demand for virtual land plots and real estate is surging on the back of booming activity on the metaverse. Betting on a virtual reality future, real estate promoters and investment firms are snapping up properties on popular virtual environments such...
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2 years ago
Die BLKB beteiligt sich als strategische Investorin an swisspeers AG, die eine digitale Plattform zur Finanzierung von KMU in der Schweiz betreibt.
Die BLKB beteiligt sich an der 2015 gegründeten swisspeers AG. Die digitale Plattform von swisspeers e...
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2 years ago
Banque de France (BdF), Swiss National Bank (SNB) and Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Innovation Hub have successfully completed Project Jura, an experiment in cross-border wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs).
The project was...
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2 years ago
Blockchain has emerged to be one of the most definitive technologies of current time. As with any new technology, however, the legal aspects surrounding blockchain and its applications may not be readily apparent to founders, executives and investors...
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Switzerland -
2 years ago
Blockchain has emerged to be one of the most definitive technologies of current time. As with any new technology, however, the legal aspects surrounding blockchain and its applications may not be readily apparent to founders, executives and investors...
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2 years ago
Dutch challenger bank bunq announced that it will become the first European digital bank to offer mortgages.
The bank secured a partnership with Dutch lending platform Tulp to deliver mortgages starting from early 2022, a statement from the company s...
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2 years ago
US blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs has raised US$60 million in a Series B funding round.
Tiger Global was the lead investor in the Series B, according to a statement. The round also saw participation from American Express’ Amex Ventures, Vis...
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US-based online mobile payments and identity verification company Jumio is acquiring strategic partner and KYC, compliance and fraud prevention solution provider 4Stop. The deal is expected to close early next year.
The acquisition of the Germany-hea...
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2 years ago
With data becoming a core business asset for financial companies, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) continues to be a focal point in maximising the competitive advantage of this ‘new oil’.
This is according to a new study by...
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2 years ago
Climate fintech, a sector comprising digital innovations, applications and platforms that help tackle climate change, is rapidly taking off. Over the past year, at least 16 climate fintech companies have raised rounds, data from Crunchbase show, and...
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2 years ago
London-based wealth management platform FNZ Group has agreed to acquire Zurich-headquartered client onboarding and servicing solution provider Appway.
The deal is expected to close early in Q1 next year. Financial terms of the acquisition were not di...
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2 years ago
US-based private investment platform Republic will be acquiring European online private investment platform Seedrs for about US$100 million. The deal is expected to close in early 2022.
The deal also saw participation from global institutional invest...
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2 years ago
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) will be acquiring financial services provider Quantile Group in a deal valued at GBP 274 million (US$364 million). The acquisition is expected to close in 2022.
Quantile will support LSEG’s global OTC Derivative...
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2 years ago
Quasi als Endspurt vor dem Jahreswechsel kommen neun PropTechs neu auf die Proptech Switzerland Map. Einmal mehr legt die Kategorie “Services” zu. Aber es gibt auch einen prominenten Abgang. STARTUP.ch vermeldet rekordhohe Firmengründunge...
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2 years ago
Twenty-six fintech and insurtech startups have graduated from incubator and accelerator programs by F10 Switzerland, as part of the third leg of the F10 Global Summit.
A statement by F10 Switzerland said that a total of 12 growth-stage and 14 early s...