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Forrester Report Highlights Needs for More Personalization in Financial Services
Current personalization efforts from financial services firms are still nowhere near the level necessary to engage increasingly demanding customers. Banks, investment firms, insurance companies and other financial services firms must rethink personalization and focus on driving customer engagement and loyalty,
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The Future of Banking and Fintech- Fixing a Broken System and the Quantum Age
Bill Gates once famously stated: “we need banking, but we don’t need banks anymore”. Even though the statement might go too far in this generality/radicality, at least in the near future (what about the bank as a store of value
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Swiss Fintech Startup Map October 2019: 4 New Swiss Fintech Join the Ecosystem
Swisscom released the new Swiss Fintech Startup Map October 2019. The new Swiss Fintech map counts now 345 Startups. 4 new Swiss Fintech “Startups” joined the map, including Sibex, nectar, ruvercap, CBFore Group: Sibex Off-Market Transactions & Liquidity solutions for
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SEBA Bank is Live!
SEBA Bank AG is fully operational just 18 months after its foundation and a few weeks after being granted a banking licence by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. After an onboarding phase with a designated customer group, SEBA
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Glarner Kantonalbank Integriert Buchhaltungslösung KLARA ins E-Banking
Die Glarner Kantonalbank bindet die Business-Software KLARA an das e-Banking an. Die KLARA Business AG bietet innovative Onlinelösungen für Buchhaltung, Personaladministration und Marketing an. Mit KLARA können Konten- und Zahlungsdaten automatisiert abgeglichen werden. Mit der Anbindung von KLARA an das
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7 Future of Money Scenarios
Within 5 to 7 years, digital payments will become more prominent as tech solutions substantially increase in convenience compared to cash. Nevertheless, cash will continue to be perceived and widely used as a store of value. This is, according to
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Podcast: Swiss FinTech Fair Founder Interviews
This is a podcast interview by Voice of Fintech with Christina Kehl, co-founder & Managing Director at Swiss Finance Startups. Voice of Fintech talks about the Swiss Finance Startups association goals, the need to “bring Bern to Zurich” to provide
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Top 10 European Tech Scale Ups in Late Stage Funding
Stripe have released the “Blooming Late” report, analysing the state of late-stage technology funding in Europe. In the first three quarters of 2019 alone, more than 52 deals of €100 million or above have been recorded across Europe, including for
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A New $60 Million Fund for Tech Startups by Swiss Founders for Swiss Founders
Switzerland gets a new Tech Fund. Wingman Ventures, an independent venture fund is all about providing know-how and financial support to help Swiss startups become international market leaders. The fund is investing USD 60m in Swiss tech startups exclusively. From
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European Fintech Investment Surpassed Asia
Fintech is Europe’s largest venture capital (VC) investment category, receiving 20% of all VC investment in the region between 2017 and 2019 year-to-date (YTD), surpassing enterprise software (17%), health (13%) and transportation (8%), according to the State of European Fintech
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