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Mastercard Debit Cards Are Forced to Lower Interchange Fee in Switzerland

Payments with debit cards are charged with fees, such as the interchange fee. COMCO settles with Mastercard on an interchange fee of 0,12 % for Swiss card-present transactions. Last June, COMCO launched two investigation...

Top 10 Fintech Events in UK and Ireland to Attend in H2 2024

The UK and Ireland boast thriving fintech sectors characterized by robust revenue growth, diverse innovation, and burgeoning startup ecosystems. The UK, renowned as a global fintech hub, leverages its rich financial serv...

Tenity Hires New Chief Investment Officer

by Fintechnews Switzerland May 15, 2024 Tenity announced that Andrea Fri...

8 Upcoming Fintech Events in South America to Attend in H2 2024

Latin America (Latam) is emerging as a hotbed for fintech innovation, driven by its young, tech-savvy population and government support for digital financial services. In 2021, the number of fintech platforms in Latam an...

HSLU-Crowdfunding Monitor 2024: Volumenrückgang im Immobilien-Crowdfunding

Finanzierungen über das Internet erreichten im Jahr 2023 das zweite Mal in Folge einen Volumenrückgang. Abgenommen haben vor allem Immobilienfinanzierungen. Dies zeigt eine Studie der Hochschule Luzern. Noch im Jahr 2021...

Fintech Thrives Post-COVID-19 with Customer Growth Exceeding 50%

by Fintechnews Switzerland May 13, 2024 Post-COVID-19, the global fintec...

Alpian Closes CHF 76M Series C Round

Alpian, Switzerland’s digital bank for premium clients, announced the completion of the last step of its Series C, totaling CHF 76M of which CHF 40M to be executed upon the regulatory approvals. The CHF 40M investment h...

Tech Giants Lead Q1 2024 Market Surge; Fintech Maintains Momentum

by Fintechnews Switzerland May 8, 2024 In Q1 2024, public markets surged...

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...