Tagged: zurich

February 4, 2021 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland is currently home to around 130 startups that are actively applying blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) to improve processes in the finance sector, according to new data from Swisscom. The majority of these firms (48%) offer services related to banking infrastructure, with many… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based Investart, an online investing service with an intuitive “click-of-a-button” platform that’s intended for all users (especially to beginners), has dropped its commissions on transactions to zero. Customers have the option to choose between creating and managing their own investments or accepting portfolio allocations recommended… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based SafeSide Life, a digital life insurance solution provider, has teamed up with miira, a comparison platform for enhancing personal retirement planning (that’s powered by PostFinance’s Innovation Lab). Through the partnership, the companies will aim to improve how consumers analyze financial protection requirements and subsequently… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Etops AG, a banking service and software firm, has reportedly acquired a 100% stake in Evolute AG, which provides wealth management solutions. After the integration process has been completed, the merged firm (called Etops) will be managed by Etops CEO Pius Stucki. Pius Stucki, CEO… Read More

November 17, 2020 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore based Fintech firm 360F and Zurich Middle East have introduced a “pioneering” and “deeply innovative” solution, called ZurichPro, which aims to digitize the financial planning process, and will help Zurich with meeting its business sustainability goals and objectives. Walter Jopp, CEO of Zurich Middle… Read More

September 19, 2020 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore, Helsinki (in Finland) and Zurich (in Switzerland) have been named as the world’s “smartest” cities during this year. They’ve managed to outperform other major European and global financial hubs, according to the Smart City Index Report for 2020. Geneva is another Swiss city that… Read More

September 9, 2020 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zürich-based Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange (SIX) Group AG, the operator of Switzerland’s stock exchange, has revealed that it will set up its Fintech incubator and accelerator F10 in Spain. In June 2020, SIX had acquired a controlling interest in BME, the Spanish stock market operator…. Read More

July 19, 2020 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zürich-based Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange (SIX) Group AG, the operator of Switzerland’s stock exchange, revealed that it has invested in the operations of Vestr, a Swiss company that offers a software engine to the issuers of Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs). The amount invested, through a… Read More

May 9, 2020 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-based Numbrs, a mobile banking app provider, will be laying off 62 employees after investors backed out of a deal to allocate funds toward the development of the firm’s business. In August 2019, the Fintech firm claimed that it was valued at around CHF 1… Read More

March 29, 2020 @ 10:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MPower, a Zurich-based fintech startup, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £350,000 in funding secured. The funding round, which originally sought to raise £300,000, has attracted nearly 320 Crowdcube investors.  As previously reported, MPower describes itself as an… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finantix has reportedly signed an agreement for the acquisition of Zürich-based InCube Group AG, a company with a team of artificial intelligence (AI) specialists, quant and application developers and finance professionals that create data-driven, AI-powered products for wealth managers and insurers. Finantix’s acquisition of InCube… Read More

March 10, 2020 @ 10:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MPower, a Zurich-based fintech startup, has successfully secured its initial £300,000 equity crowdfunding target on Crowdcube. The company launched the initiative last month, which has so far attracted nearly 190 Crowdcube investors. Launched in 2018, MPower describes itself as an impact and fintech start-up addressing… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zürich-based Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange (SIX) Group AG, the operator of Switzerland’s stock exchange, will be integrating a platform developed by Know Your Customer, in order to enhance its existing procurement process and to be able to perform a better assessment of risks when dealing… Read More

November 19, 2019 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zürich-based Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange (SIX) Group AG, the operator of Switzerland’s stock exchange, recently revealed that it has made an all-cash offer for Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles, a Spanish stock exchange operator. The deal would reportedly establish the third-largest financial market infrastructure group in… Read More

November 17, 2019 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based Avaloq, a company that offers a standardized Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) model to financial institutions and wealth management platforms, revealed recently that it has finalized its acquisition of Derivative Partners, which was first announced in July… Read More

April 27, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zurich blockchain hub Trust Square officially launched on Friday with an opening ceremony that was chaired by the Department of Economic Affairs of the Canton of Zurich, Carmen Walker Späh. Organizers of the hub reported that it is located right opposite the Swiss National Bank… Read More