Investor Community Collaboration Between Swiss and Shenzhen Stock Exchange
SIX and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start an initiative with the aim of connecting the investors’ community and companies in both countries to allow for the establishment of capital formation possibilities on a larger
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The Winners of the UBS Future of Finance Challenge 2019 in Smart Risk Management
UBS announced the winner of UBS Future of Finance Challenge 2019 in Smart Risk Management. In first place, Solidatus. Solidatus uses a novel technological approach to model and present regulatory obligations across a company, to enhance transparency and assist demonstrating
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Neue Crowdlending-Plattform für Schweizer KMUs am Start
Gemeinsam lancieren die Vaudoise Versicherungen und der französische Crowdlending Marktführer Credit.fr heute die neue CrowdlendingPlattform neocredit.ch. Durch die Plattform ermöglicht neocredit.ch privaten und institutionellen Anlegern direkte Investitionen in Schweizer KMU, die nach einer Finanzierungslösung suchen. Der Reichtum des Schweizer Wirtschaftsgefüges
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Bank Frick Gets Acquired By a South African Tech Company
Net 1 UEPS Technologies, announced that it has exercised its option to acquire an additional 35% interest in Bank Frick, a fully licensed bank based in Balzers, Liechtenstein for approximately USD 46.4 million, subject to certain purchase price adjustments. he
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UNICEF Launches Cryptocurrency Fund
UNICEF will now be able to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies ether and bitcoin, through its newly-established UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund. In a first for United Nations organizations, UNICEF will use cryptocurrencies to fund open source technology benefiting children
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SIX and Swiss National Bank Explore the Use of Digital Central Bank Money for Trading and Settlement
As part of a proof of concept, SIX is working with the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to explore technological options to make digital central bank money available for the trading and settlement of tokenized assets between financial market participants. The
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Revolut Chooses BearingPoint’s Banking Solution to Meet Regulatory Reporting Requirements
BearingPoint RegTech welcomes the UK-based financial technology company Revolut as a new customer for its Abacus360 Banking solution. Revolut will be using Abacus360 Banking for EBA and AnaCredit reporting. Revolut recently received a European banking license from the Bank of
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Futurae Founder Story: When a Dog is Not Enough to Protect your Assets
A podcast interview with Sandra Tobler, co-founder and CEO of Futurae Technologies in Zurich. Futurae provides multi-factor authentication tools to corporate clients from Financial Services, Insurance and Healthcare sectors. The Voice of Fintech Podcast talks with them about the need
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The Largest Fintech Conference in Northern Europe in Lithuania this November / Free Booth
European and global fintech companies, investors and everyone interested in the latest financial technology will turn their attention to Lithuania. Here the largest financial technology conference Fintech Inn in Northern Europe and the Baltic States will be held for the 4th year
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The First Short Token to Bet Against the Crypto Market
Lykke launches Short LyCI, a new token designed to track the performance of the top 25 crypto projects and bet on their value falling in the future. With the Crypto Market often experiencing long downward trends, many wonder how to
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