Municipality of Zermatt Now Accepts Payments in Bitcoin
The municipality of Zermatt, in cooperation with Bitcoin Suisse, announced that it will accept Bitcoin as a means of payment for local taxes and official transactions with immediate effect. A point-of-sale solution provided by Bitcoin Suisse has been installed in
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Why Are 80% of Central Banks Looking into Digital Currencies?
In 2019, 80% of central banks were engaged in work related to central bank digital currency (CBDC), compared with 70% the previous year. Amongst these, 40% had progressed from conceptual research to experiments or proofs-of-concept, and 10% had developed pilot
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Swiss Fintech Startups Raised CHF 360M in 2019: Swiss Venture Capital Report 2020
In 2019, Swiss fintech startups raised CHF 360 million in funding through 39 rounds. Compared with the previous year, this represents a 91.8% increase in investment amount and a 50% increase in deal number, according to the Swiss Venture Capital
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Branchenverband Lanciert Schweizer Informationsplattform Für API’s
Die Arbeiten des Schweizer Branchenverbands Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI) an einem gemeinsamen Schnittstellen-Standard für Banken und Versicherer haben einen weiteren wichtigen Meilenstein erreicht: Mit der Live-Schaltung der „Common API“-Website ist die Basis für eine Schweizer API-Informationsplattform gelegt. Neben allgemeinen Informationen
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Globales Krypto-Fundraising: Schweiz als attraktiver Hub und Tokenisierungsstandort
In den ersten zehn Monaten des Jahres 2019 wurden mehr als 380 Tokenangebote als Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), Security Token Offerings (STOs) oder Initial Exchange Offerings (IEO) abgewickelt. Das zeigt der sechste ICO/STO-Report (Winter-2020-Edition) von Strategy&, der Strategieberatung von PwC,
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Schweizer Regtech Startup Bringt Vereinfachte Lösung für Cross-Border Compliance
Der Schweizer Regtech-Anbieter Indigita, hat eine neue und vereinfachte Version seiner erfolgreichen “inApp”-Lösung vorgestellt, mit der Banken und andere Finanzdienstleister jeglicher Grösse Zugriff auf situationsbasierte Informationen zu Cross-Border-Regulierungen erhalten. Die Web-Applikation nimmt die Komplexität aus grenzüberschreitenden Kundeninteraktionen und ermöglicht es
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First Interactive Fintech Swiss Map Released
Swisscom released a brand new designed interactive Swiss Fintech Startup Map for January 2020. The map was produced by FintechdB and is the first interactive mapping of a fintech scene. The map allows users to click on logos to discover
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Central Bank Group Including SNB Assess Cases For Central Digital Currencies
The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank, together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), have created a group to share experience as
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Top 10 Fintech and Insurtech Innovators in Germany
Business Punk, a business and lifestyle magazine, has released its ranking of the top ten finance and insurance innovators in Germany, among which founders and CEOs of Finleap, Getsafe and Wefox, among others. The list is part of Business Punk’s
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First Regulated Real Estate Fund in Europe Tokenized
The Zug-based Blockchain company Token Factory has developed a secure and scalable tokenization solution powering the first regulated real estate fund in Europe. The FMA (Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein) has recently authorized it as an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF). As
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