Tagged: switzerland

May 26, 2022 @ 1:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RELAI, the savings and investment app, has secured €2,159,470 in capital as part of its latest funding round. After a strong private phase, which saw €1.2m invested by the likes of Redalpine, “more than 850 investors have joined the table, contributing an additional €970,000, surpassing… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recently unveiled three different initiatives in order to expand consultation with market/industry participants and various stakeholders on the design and development of the TNFD’s recommendations on nature-related risk and opportunity management…. Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the Cloud banking platform, recently announced that Mirabaud, the Swiss private bank, has selected Temenos “to move from a traditional on-premise system to a digital end-to-end wealth management platform on Temenos Banking Cloud.” With the generational transfer of wealth, new regulations and… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trakx, an emerging Fintech firm offering “thematic” Crypto Tradable Indices (CTIs) via its registered Tier-1 trading platform, and LumRisk, a Swiss-based provider of risk consolidation, analysis and reporting services for institutional clients, recently announced an  alliance through which Trakx CTIs will reportedly “become the first… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HCL Technologies UK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL Technologies, an international tech firm, has entered an agreement for the acquisition of Confinale AG, a Switzerland-headquartered virtual banking and wealth management consulting specialist and Avaloq Premium Implementation Partner. Via this key acquisition, HCL will… Read More

May 9, 2022 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech startup FQX, which is known for its eNote, a blockchain-powered debt instrument, has appointed James H. Freis, Jr. as the firm’s new Regulatory Technology Officer. Freis draws upon his experience “from the public and private sectors in Europe, the United States, and globally, to… Read More

May 7, 2022 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synpulse, the international management consultancy to global financial service providers, is pleased to confirm its partnership with Fintech incubator F10. Synpulse will reportedly be investing  the equivalent of 1% of its yearly revenue into the startup accelerator F10, as part of the investment round in… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

LGT Bank, based in Liechtenstein, has enlisted the assistance of SEBA Bank to provide digital asset trading and custody for Bitcoin and Ethereum. LGT stated in a release, that additional cryptocurrencies will be added going forward, contingent upon client demand. SEBA Bank, based in Switzerland,… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Relai, a Bitcoin trading app, says it has quickly surpassed its offering goal on Crowdcube in just a few hours. According to the company, Relai reached its fundraising target on Crowdcube within the first few hours. Pepe Borrell, VP of international at Crowdcube, said that… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

French biotech firm HCS Pharma, will be offering pre-IPO securities via a security token offering on the European Digital Assets Exchange or EDSX. EDSX entered the digital security space earlier this month announcing that it had completed all of the necessary requirements to operate as an… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21Shares AG, which claims to be the largest issuer of cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs), has announced the listing of the 21Shares ByteTree BOLD ETP (BOLD) on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the “world’s first” ETP that combines Bitcoin and Gold. BOLD has been developed “in… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

21Shares AG, which claims to be the world’s largest issuer of cryptocurrency ETPs, recently announced the appointment of Karan Chawla as VP of Product in order “to drive the firm’s growth amid historic demand and institutional adoption of digital assets.” In his new leadership role,… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Interchain Foundation (ICF), the Swiss non-profit and steward of the Cosmos ecosystem, recently announced the launch of the Interchain Developer Academy, a free online training program “for software developers looking to migrate careers into the highly competitive blockchain industry and gain exposure to the… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Digital Assets Exchange (EDSX) says it will become the first digital securities, or security token exchange, to operate in Switzerland. EDSX will offer both primary issuance as well as a secondary market in digital securities. Founded in 2019, EDSX states that it has… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpian SA, an innovative digital private bank, has announced the granting by FINMA of a banking license and “a successful CHF19 million Series B+ closing, enabling Alpian to shortly launch to the public in Q3 2022, becoming Switzerland’s first digital private bank.” Alpian, majority-owned by… Read More

April 2, 2022 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Switzerland Stock Exchange (SIX) has successfully completed the acquisition of Clearstream’s 50% stake “in REGIS-TR, which has now become a 100% owned SIX company.” REGIS-TR, consisting of REGIS-TR S.A. and REGIS-TR UK Ltd, has a portfolio of more than 2,000 European customers across over 40… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swiss financial services provider, Igson Capital AG, is enhancing its IBAN offer for firms by working in partnership with technology-first payments bank, Banking Circle. Utilizing Banking Circle Virtual IBAN, Igson Capital AG will also aim to “benefit from Faster Payments and SEPA instant transfers and… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) has announced the launch of its Virtual Worker Framework, which is described as a new approach to “flexible” working that will offer US workers in eligible roles with the opportunity “to work 100% remotely.” UBS will begin “a phased implementation of the… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 3:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Emerald Stay, a Proptech that acquires and grows vacation rental operators, has acquired  127% (€639,780) of its €500,000 target via Seedrs from 154 investors (at the time of writing) with 18 days left in the company’s crowdfunding campaign. Based in Genève, Switzerland, Emerald Stay operates… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Interchain Foundation (ICF), a Swiss non-profit that is focused on advancing interoperable, sustainable, and community-owned decentralized networks, confirms that the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC), the backbone of the Cosmos ecosystem, “surpassed 11 million transfers in February.” Introduced in March 2021 as part of Cosmos’… Read More