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SPAC Frenzy Comes for Europe’s Fintechs

Bernard Arnault, the chairman of luxury goods group LVMH and Europe’s richest man, is the latest billionaire to embrace the SPAC frenzy, joining hands with global alternative asset management group Tikehau Capital through his investment holding company Financière Agache to

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New Swiss Fintech Startup Map February Welcomes 18 Newcomers

Swisscom has released the updated Swiss Fintech Startup Map for February 2021, welcoming 18 new Swiss startups for the month. The map provides regular updates on the Swiss fintech landscape in the region now displays a grand total of 341

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How Free Trading Platform Robinhood Makes Money

Robinhood Markets is a rapidly growing fintech startup based in California that’s been at the center of the recent retail trading boom. Robinhood offers commission-free trades of stocks, exchange-traded funds, options and cryptocurrencies as well as margin via a mobile

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Sygnum Bank Tokenised Premium Wines Under New Swiss DLT Law

Swiss-based digital asset bank Sygnum Bank and Fine Wine Capital, a privately held specialist trading company with a focus on the fine wine market, have successfully tokenised a range of premium investible wines, creating the first asset tokens issued under

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SEBA Bank to Tokenise Its Series B Equity

SEBA Bank, a digital assets firm with a Swiss banking license from FINMA, announced that it is issuing its Series B equity to shareholders as security tokens using blockchain. In December, SEBA Bank announced it would tokenise its shares of

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COVID-19 Brings Fintech into the Mainstream: McKinsey Research

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted US consumers’ attitudes towards banking and financial services, accelerating the adoption of digital financial services and bringing fintech into the mainstream, surveys McKinsey conducted found. In an article titled How US customers’ attitudes to fintech

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F10 Selects New Fintech Startups for Its Acceleration Program in Zurich

Fintech incubator and accelerator F10 announced the ten startups that have been selected for the second batch of its Acceleration Program (previously known as Scaleup Program) in Zurich. Almost 200 companies with market traction from various countries had applied to

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Tokenised Real Assets: Part of the Asset-Inflation?

With the world gripped in a pandemic and national economies struggling, inflation may not have been a major concern in recent months. Yet the decidedly bullish mood stock markets have shown following a slump in spring could be an indication

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F10 Launches New Fund Enabling Investment Into Its Accelerator Incubatees

Swiss fintech incubator and accelerator F10 has announced the launch of its F10 Investment fund. Through the newly founded F10 Investment, corporate partners of its Swiss hub can invest in carefully selected startups graduating from the F10 Incubation Programme in

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Survey: Who is the Top Swiss Fintech Influencer in 2020?

In May 2020, Fintechnews.ch launched the Fintech Influencer Switzerland Interview series, which presents at least once a week a short interview that we conducted with a well-known, longtime Swiss fintech influencer to get their views on some of the industry’s

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