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European Fintech Investment Surpassed Asia
Fintech is Europe’s largest venture capital (VC) investment category, receiving 20% of all VC investment in the region between 2017 and 2019 year-to-date (YTD), surpassing enterprise software (17%), health (13%) and transportation (8%), according to the State of European Fintech
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Loanboox – Founder Story: Raising Big Ticket Debt Painless
A poadcast interview with Stefan Muehlemann , CEO and founder of Loanboox. Why he believes in the power of platforms, why raising debt should not hurt and how he got started with his latest venture, Loanboox. Loanboox is a leading
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Deutsche Boerse: Milestone in Settlement via Blockchain
Settlement via securities and cash tokens and further use as collateral at Eurex Clearing as Central Counterparty – within a binding legal framework / Joint use cases confirm a potential founding stone for multiple comprehensive distributed ledger services Commerzbank, Deutsche
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SME Digital Banking Startups See Rapid Growth in Europe
The European Union (EU) is home to 24 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), representing about 99.8% of all companies and employing 93 million people that account for two-thirds of total employment. Although SMEs make up a large part of
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A Payment Solution for China’s Swiss Post Cross-Border e-Commerce Marketplace
Wirecard is providing the payment solution for Swiss Post’s “Your Gateway to China” service. Thanks to the “Your Gateway to China” service, Swiss retailers can easily offer their products directly to Chinese consumers through major virtual marketplaces. Swiss Post offers
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IBM Innovation Ecosystem Story – Startup with IBM
A podcast interview with Pascal Allot, IBM Innovation Ecosystem Director. The Voice of Fintech Podcast talks with Pascal about startups in Switzerland and discusses Big Tech’s interest in Financial Services and FinTech.
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Postfinance Startup Rechnet neu Strom via Blockchain ab
Im September 2019 haben PostFinance und Energie Wasser Bern das Startup Ormera gegründet. Ormera bietet ein einfaches, übersichtliches Portal für die Messung und Verrechnung von eigenproduziertem Strom. Der Prozess verläuft über eine sichere, in der Schweiz betriebene Blockchain, ist voll
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SNB is Targeting a Fintech Innovation Hub Centre in Switzerland
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have signed an Operational Agreement on the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Switzerland. The Hub will identify and develop in-depth insights into critical trends in technology affecting central
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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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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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