London Fintech 9fin Secures £8 Million Series A Led by Swiss VC Redalpine
9fin, a London-based provider of data, news and predictive analytics for debt capital markets, has announced an £8 million Series A round to fuel its expansion into the US. The company will expand into the US market by opening a
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Yokoy Co-Founder and CMO Shares Ambitions, Expansion Plans
Swiss spend management specialist Yokoy is on an expansion spree. After launching in Austria and Germany less than a year ago, the startup is already planning to conquer new markets, Yokoy co-founder and CMO Melanie Gabriel told Fintech News Switzerland
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Die St.Galler Kantonalbank startet mit Open Wealth API
Als erste Schweizer Bank stellt die St.Galler Kantonalbank gemäss eigenen Angaben per sofort eine standardisierte Programmierschnittstelle (OpenWealth API) für ihre Depotbank-Services zur Verfügung. Die Programmierschnittstelle ermöglicht einen sicheren Austausch von Finanzdaten mit autorisierten externen Vermögensverwaltern (eVV). Eine gute Nachricht für
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Salt Edge, Supernovae Labs Partner to Boost Open Banking in Italy
Italian fintech accelerator Supernovae Labs has joined forces with open banking solutions provider Salt Edge to provide financial institutions and third-party providers a much more secure and reliable way of aggregating bank data and initiating payments powered by PSD2 in
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Next Gen Finance Professionals Need to Embrace Major Upskilling to Keep Pace
Refinitiv’s new report “Workspace Without Limits” explores the data challenges financial professionals are facing, and the role that technology, interoperability and programming skills play in solving for some of these challenges; enhancing productivity, and helping firms differentiate against the competition.
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Digital Asset Manager CoinShares Snaps up 9% Stake in FlowBank for US$11.8 Million
London-based digital asset manager CoinShares has acquired a 9.02% stake in Swiss online bank FlowBank for US$11.85 million. With this move, FlowBank’s clients can invest in CoinShares’ crypto ETPs. From next year onwards, customers will be able to directly buy,
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German Regulator BaFin Grants Third Crypto Custody License to Tangany
Tangany has received a license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) as the third regulated service provider for the custody of digital assets in the country to provide crypto custody business. Furthermore, Tangany plans to apply for further
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4 Priorities for Banks to Secure Digital and Mobile Channels
During the pandemic, the number of data breaches has increased drastically: cyberattacks targeting banks have even grown by 238 percent. This fraud surge goes hand in hand with the growing use of the mobile and digital banking channels. While this trend
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Top 50 Early-Stage Insurtechs in Europe
With 29 out of 50 companies, the UK takes the lion’s share in this year’s Future50, a ranking by Insurtech Insights and Sønr depicting Europe’s top 50 most promising early-stage insurtech startups. These 50 insurtechs were selected out of thousands
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Europe Paved the Way for Open Banking but Held Back by Adoption Discrepancies
Europe is often considered a pioneer in the widespread introduction of open banking, but despite groundbreaking regulations like PSD2, significant differences and discrepancies exist between countries of the continent, a new research by German open banking platform Ndgit found. In
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