For the ninth time, the Swiss FinTech Awards celebrated outstanding Swiss start-ups and influential personalities from the Swiss fintech scene on the evening of June 11 in Zurich.

AI Start-up Neur.on AI Wins “Early Stage Start-up of the Year”

Neur.on AI emerged victorious in the “Early Stage Start-up of the Year” category. This young company offers an AI-based translation solution specialized for the financial industry, enabling more cost-effective and precise translations of any financial documents compared to existing market offerings. With this, the start-up addresses a $10 billion market (USD) in
financial and legal translations.

Also making it to the finals in this category was the start-up CLIMADA Technologies, which provides financial service providers with transparent and regulatory-compliant climate change reporting.

GenTwo Expands the Investment Universe and Wins “Growth Stage Start-up of the Year”

In the “Growth Stage Start-up of the Year” category, GenTwo took the prize. GenTwo expands the investment universe through the “assetization” of previously inaccessible, unbankable assets – driven by technology and innovations in securitization and tokenization. With their offerings, GenTwo has created financial products worth five billion US dollars for over 300 clients in 26 countries.

Also in the finals was payrexx, a payment service provider offering easy access to over 200 payment options on its platform. The company has so far acquired 60,000 merchants as customers and integrated its platform as a white-label solution with over 100 partners.

Johannes “Johs” Höhener Honored

Johannes “Johs” Höhener received the “FinTech Influencer of the Year” award for his decades-long positive impact on the fintech industry. Throughout his career, Höhener has influenced the Swiss FinTech community in various roles and companies, including establishing and leading Swisscom’s fintech division, founding and developing the ecommerce competence center for cantonal banks e-research AG, and numerous advisory roles such as with Swiss Stablecoin AG and board positions like for example with daura AG.

The jury of the Swiss FinTech Awards honors Höhener’s constant and tireless dedication to the Swiss fintech landscape with this award.

Die Swiss FinTech Awards

Since 2015, the Swiss Finech Awards have fostered a strong Swiss fintech ecosystem.

While start-ups undergo a multi-stage application process and must convince the jury, the “FinTech Influencer of the Year” is directly nominated and selected by the jury. The jury of the Swiss FinTech Awards consists of around 20 renowned fintech experts and industry representatives.