Yokoy Brings Its Spend Management Automation Platform to Spain
Swiss spend management automation company Yokoy has opened an office in Madrid to better serve mid-to-large sized enterprises in Spain with a local team. Yokoy helps companies centralise spending activities in a single platform, automate processes by automatically reading out
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Meet the 10 Fintech Startups Selected for the Venture Leaders 2022 Cohort
Venturelab has selected 10 Swiss fintech startups for the fifth edition of the Venture Leaders Fintech programme, organised in partnership with Swissnex and supported by EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), ETH Zürich, and Walder Wyss. The 10 startups, dubbed
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Revolut, Wise and Neon Are the Cheapest Neobanks in Switzerland
Online comparison service moneyland.ch conducted a study to compare the cost of using banking, card and foreign exchange services provided by seven leading neobanks in Switzerland — CSX, Neon, Revolut, Wise, Yapeal, Yuh, and Zak. The study found British neobanks
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Relai Partners Checkout.com to Enable Instant Bitcoin Purchases
Swiss Bitcoin investment app Relai has partnered with global payments provider Checkout.com to enable its users to buy the cryptocurrency via Visa, Mastercard and Apple Pay in real time through its self-custodial wallet. The partnership with Checkout.com is expected to
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vestr Raises CHF 10M in a Round Led by Raiffeisen Bank’s Elevator Ventures
Swiss investment management technology company vestr has raised CHF 10 million in a funding round led by Elevator Ventures, the venture capital arm of Vienna-based Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI). The round was said to include high profile family offices as
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Microsoft Switzerland Appoints Christian Thier as New Financial Services Industry Lead
Microsoft Switzerland has appointed Christian Thier as its new Financial Services Industry (FSI) Lead, reporting directly to the country general manager and serving as part of Microsoft’s Swiss leadership team. Christian Thier has been leading Microsoft’s FSI team in Switzerland
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Ist das der beste Hypotheken-Vergleich, den es je gab?
Die neuen Features von Valuu machen das Vergleichen und Optimieren Ihrer Hypothek noch transparenter und schneller. Sie sehen mehr Details, vergleichen Angebote einfacher und wählen bequemer Ihre beste Hypothek. Damit setzt unsere Vergleichs- und Abschlussplattform einmal mehr Standards im Schweizer
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TripActions Raises US$150M at US$9.2B Valuation as Business Travel Recovers
Travel expense management platform TripActions has raised a US$300 million Series G at a US$9.2 billion post-money valuation. The raise is a combination of US$154 million in equity and a US$150 million structured capital transaction led by Coatue. The announcement
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Mastercard, Paxos Launch Crypto Trading Solutions for Financial Institutions
Mastercard has launched Crypto Source, a new programme to provide the payment giant’s financial institution partners access to a suite of buy, hold and sell services for select crypto assets. Additionally, Mastercard is also expanding its partnership with blockchain infrastructure
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SEBA Bank Is Now an ETP Issuer on the BX Swiss
Swiss stock exchange BX Swiss announced that crypto bank SEBA Bank is now issuing exchange-traded products (ETPs) on its platform with a tracker certificate on the SEBA Metaverse Index for trading. SEBA Bank’s ETP, which trades under the ticker SMETA,
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