Berner Kantonalbank Joins Swiss Immo Lab To Invest in Proptech Startups
Berner Kantonalbank (BEKB) joins venture capital firm Swiss Immo Lab, to invest in innovative proptech startups. BEKB is now the fourth partner alongside Avobis, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg and Gebäudeversicherung Bern (GVB). Since its inception in December 2019, Swiss Immo Lab has
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Hitachi and Swiss Re Link up for ‘Digital Risk’ Coverage
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Hitachi Europe announced a partnership to launch integrated insurance-based offerings for the digital era. As organisations increasingly depend on Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered automation for critical business processes and operations, corporations need to manage new
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Salesforce Ventures Launches US$100M Fund for Cloud Startups
Salesforce announced its second Impact Fund worth US$100 million from Salesforce Ventures, the company’s global strategic investment arm. The new fund will accelerate the growth of cloud companies addressing some of today’s most pressing needs including education and reskilling, climate
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Traditionelle Privatkredite versus P2P Lending in der Schweiz
In der Schweiz gibt es zahlreiche Wege, um einen Kredit zu erhalten und zahlreiche Anbieter, aus denen man wählen kann. Herkömmliche Kreditgeber oder Crowdlending-Plattformen – beide haben ihre jeweiligen Vorteile und Nachteile, die berücksichtigt und sorgfältig abgewogen werden müssen, bevor
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Swiss ATM’s Get Standardised Software
SIX has completed the “ATMfutura” migration where banks that have equipped their ATMs with a standardised software, enabling users to carry out financial transactions regardless of the operator of the device. As an operator of the infrastructure for the Swiss
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Swiss Fintech KeeSystem Launches a New Version of Its Wealth Management Software
KeeSystem launches its new version of KeeSense, its portfolio management software for independent managers. It pursues its objective initiated when it was created in 2009: to provide private management professionals with the best technology for their activity. For the past
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The Swiss Fintech Startup Map Welcomes 9 Newcomers in October
Swisscom has released the updated Swiss Fintech Startup Map for October 2020, providing updates on the fintech landscape in the region. For this month, the nine new Swiss fintech startups have made their way onto the map are; Aisot, flov
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NEC Acquires Avaloq for CHF 2.05 Billion
Avaloq, a Swiss company that develops and provides software for core banking, announced its acquisition by Japanese NEC Corporation. The acquisition is expected to be worth CHF 2.05 billion (approximately US$2.2 billion), and to be completed by April 2021, following
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eKYC Landscape in Austria and Germany
Like many countries in Europe, Germany and Austria are looking to adopt digital KYC in order to streamline the customer onboarding process. A digital onboarding process allows banks and financial institutions to offer a good first impression to customers. This
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Banking Circle Bags Two Digital Awards by Juniper Research
Banking Circle has been awarded two prestigious awards at Juniper Research’s Future Digital Awards for Technology and Innovation this year. The financial infrastructure provider was awarded the Lending Platform Platinum Award for Banking Circle Lending, and a Gold Award for
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