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14 Swiss Venture Capitalists Fintech Startups Should Watch in 2023

Despite a challenging global funding landscape, Swiss startups continued to see notable traction in 2022, securing a record of CHF 3.8 billion in funding between January and November, data from Startup.ch show. The sum represents a 27% increase compared to

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Banking and Fintech Players Embrace Cloud-Based Core Banking Platforms

2022 has seen a large number of banks and fintech companies embrace cloud-native architectures, inking strategic partnerships with modern core banking providers and technology specialists to modernize their core infrastructure and evolve for the digital age, a new analysis by

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Fintech Startup Failures Pile Up

After experiencing record investment volumes in 2021, venture funding is dropping significantly this year amid hiking inflation rates, political instability and tanking stock prices. Investors are scaling back their investment pace significantly, and though many startups are still holding strong

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Bitpanda Receives Full Crypto Custody and Trading License in Germany

Austrian crypto platform Bitpanda has received a full operating license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority or BaFin for the custody and proprietary trading of crypto assets. Bitpanda claims to be the first European retail investment platform to obtain

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Fintech M&A Deal Activity Accelerates in DACH Region

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, also referred to as the DACH region, fintech funding and acquisition activities have accelerated over the past few of years on the back of a maturing fintech market and increasing appetite from strategic players and

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Neobanks Face Setbacks Amid High Cash Burns and Little Revenue Streams

A challenging economic environment, diminished funding and valuations, and increased scrutiny of regulators have put tremendous stress on neobanks around the world. Over the past few years, the industry has seen its fair share of business failures often due to

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Berlin and London Named Amongst Europe’s Top 5 Fintech Hubs

Deep Ecosystems, a Germany-based accelerator for ecosystem projects, have released its 7th edition of the Startup Heatmap Report, ranking Europe’s top 50 most popular startup hubs in the continent. The ranking is based on a survey that polled more than

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2021 Was a Record Year for Fintech Funding, Unicorn Minting and M&A Exits

In 2021, fintech companies attracted a new record of US$132 billion, more than double the 2020 figure. The amount represents 21% of all venture funding for 2021, making the sector the undisputed champion, data from CB Insights’ State of Fintech

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Swiss Fintechs Raised US$530M in 2021, More Than Double 2020’s Total

In 2021, Swiss fintech funding activity regained some of its strengthen after underperforming for three years in a row. Data from Dealroom show that Swiss fintech companies raised a total of US$530 million, up 129% from 2020. The surge followed

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Swiss ‘Unicorn’ Banking App Reincarnates as Bitcoin Vault

Swiss fintech company Numbrs has blamed jealous banks for killing off its original business model as a third-party provider of financial products. So it has reinvented itself under the banner of the ultimate bank killer – bitcoin. The company, fêted

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