Polytech Ventures, Fusion Partners Raise CHF 11 Million to Build Next-Gen Swiss Startups
Swiss investment company Polytech Ventures Holding and Fusion Partners, a corporate venturing organisation in French-speaking Switzerland, have raised CHF 11 million to develop its independent Swiss “startups studio” named Webuild Ventures. The entities said in a statement that they aim
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Irish B2B Payment Provider TransferMate is now a Fintech Unicorn
TransferMate, a leading provider of B2B payments infrastructure as-a-service, announced a $70M funding round bringing the company to a valuation of $1BN and $130M of total funding. Railpen, one of the largest UK pension funds, managing £37 billion, participated in
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Disruption im Wealth Management: 5 Gründe warum Vermögensverwalter Data Analytics einführen sollten
In den nächsten Dekaden werden grosse Vermögen von den Baby Boomern an ihre Nachfahren der Generationen X und Y (Generation Y wird auch Millennials genannt) vererbt. Zur Höhe der Vermögen, die vererbt werden, zirkulieren verschiedenste Zahlen. Und nicht alle Haushalte,
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Baltic Super Bolt und Uber Konkurrent startet in der Schweiz
Bolt, die erste europäische Super-App und der grösste Anbieter von Mikromobilität in Europa, startet seinen Sharing-Service für E-Trottinettes in Winterthur. Dies markiert den Eintritt der Marke in die Schweiz. Mit der Bolt-App, die auf iOS und Android verfügbar ist, können
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Finnova Takes Over Contovista from Viseca
The Lenzburg-based banking software manufacturer Finnova AG is acquiring the fintech company Contovista with retroactive effect from 1 January 2022. The two companies have been successfully working together for years. Finnova is acquiring 100% of the shares in Contovista, which
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New Access Part of the “World’s Most Innovative Wealthtech Companies” 2022
New Access SA has been recognized among the 100 tech companies transforming the global investment and banking industries in the fourth annual 2022 WealthTech100 list. Launched by specialist research firm FinTech Global, the WealthTech100 is an annual list of 100
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Thought Machine Raises US$160 Million Series D, Now Valued at US$2.7 Billion
Thought Machine, the UK-headquartered core banking technology company, today announced that it has closed its US$160 million series D funding round. The company is now valued at US$2.7 billion which is a 100% increase from its valuation at the close
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Alibaba Cloud Launches Data Centre in Frankfurt
Alibaba Cloud has announced that it has launched its third datacentre in Germany to support the growing digital transformation demands from customers across Europe. Located in Frankfurt, the datacentre provides a wide range of cloud computing products ranging from storage,
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Checkout.com to Acquire French Identity Verification Startup Ubble
As part of its drive to expand its financial services offering, global cloud-based payments provider Checkout.com announced its intent to acquire digital identity verification (IDV) startup, ubble. The deal—slated to close later this year pending regulatory approval—comes amid the continued
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Wolters Kluwer Rolls Out Its OmniVault for Real Estate Finance Solution
Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions announced that it has launched its OmniVault for Real Estate Finance solution. OmniVault for Real Estate Finance uses the company’s eVault technology to support digital home equity lending, both HELOCs and home equity loans, in addition to already
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