Category : Switzerland

Vaudoise investiert weitere 10 Millionen CHF in Crowdlender neocredit.ch

Die Vaudoise Versicherungs Gruppe investiert CHF 10 Millionen in neocredit.ch, ein Crowdlending-Unternehmen, das sie 2019 mit Credit.fr initiiert hat. Mit dem Betrag werden Projekte von Schweizer KMU mitfinanziert. Mit neocredit.ch können private und...

AntChain Inks Deal With UEFA EURO to Be Its Official Global Blockchain Partner

UEFA and AntChain, the blockchain business of Ant Group, announced a five-year global partnership around blockchain technologies and to jointly explore how blockchain technology can be used to further the digital transformation of football industry a...

COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Payment Adoption in Armenia

In Armenia, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payment solutions and boosted e-commerce activity. Beniamin Tadevosyan, CEO and co-founder of Armenian paytech startup PayX told local fintech news site Fintech.am that, while...

COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Payment and Fintech Adoption in Armenia

SoftBank Leads Swedish BNPL Firm Klarna’s Mega Fundraise of US$639 Million

Swedish Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform Klarna announced that it has secured US$ 639 million during a new equity funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to US$ 45.6 billion. The round was led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 21, with additional p...

Global Spend on Financial Crime Compliance at Financial Institutions Reaches US$213.9 Billion

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a global data and analytics company, has released its annual True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Global Report. The results derived from the comprehensive survey of 1,015 financial crime compliance decision makers at fi...

Financial Crime Compliance at Financial Institutions Globally Reaches US$213.9 Billion

Financial Crime Compliance at Financial Institutions Globally Reaches US$213.9 Billions

German Rob Advisor Scalable Capital Raises €150 Million in Fundraise Led by Tencent

Scalable Capital, a German-based neobroker and digital wealth manager, has raised more than US$180 million (€150 million) in a Series E funding round led by China’s technology company Tencent. This purely primary investment round where existing share...

Nubank Bags US$ 750 Million in Two Series G Extensions, Now Valued at US$30 Billion

Brazilian challenger bank Nubank announced that it has raised a total of US$ 750 million during two extensions of its Series G funding round, raising the round to US$1.15 billion. During the first extension, the challenger bank secured US$500 million...

Digital Banking: Release a New Feature in the Swiss Market in Half the Time

The Swiss banking market is among the most traditional in Europe. With a number of native traditional, private banks and a few European challengers attempting to penetrate the market, it stands to say that the digital banking landscape is evolving ra...

Fintech DACH Trends: Funding Bounces Back in 2020

Despite an initial fall in transaction value and volume in the first half of 2020, fintech funding in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, or the DACH region, rebounded significantly in the second half of the year with EUR 2.2 billion raised during H2 2...

9 Top-Ranked Crypto Blockchain Project Coins You’ve Probably Never Heard of Before

Cryptocurrencies have been all the rage this year with total market capitalization surging 132% since the beginning of the year. Given this crypto frenzy, it is quite remarkable how some of the top marketcap ranking firms have eluded mainstream atte...

Canadian ID Verification Firm Trulioo Raises US$394 Million, Valued at US$1.75 Billion

Trulioo, a Canadian global identity and business verification provider, announced that it has completed a US$394 million Series D round at a US$1.75 billion valuation. The Series D round was led by TCV, a growth equity firm, with participation from e...

Swiss Startup Competition Venture Announces Fintech Finalists and Winners for 2021

Switzerland’s startup competition >>venture>> has announced its list of 52 finalists for its 2021 competition. The competition has finalists from five different verticals namely Finance and Insurance, Health and Nutrition, ICT, Reta...