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The Cheapest and Best Swiss Neobanks for Summer Travel

Online comparison service moneyland.ch compared offers from neobanks ahead of the summer travel season. Neon and Revolut got the best marks for using cards outside of Switzerland. Yuh takes first place in the comparison of accounts and interest rates. The

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Neon Customers Tap Cross-Border Payments Thanks to Wise Platform Integration

The partnership between Swiss neobank Neon and cross-border payment specialist Wise is providing the neobank’s customers with faster, lower cost and more transparent international payments, allowing them to send move in more than 40 currencies around the world right from

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What the Launch of SIC5 Instant Payments Will Mean for Switzerland

Globally, 63% of banks & financial institutions picked instant payments as their top priority over the next 12 months. Meanwhile, some of the biggest developments in Switzerland will concern the Swiss Instant Clearing (SIC) network.  During the latest webinar hosted

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Die digitale Firmengründung erreicht endlich auch die Schweiz

In der Schweiz werden jährlich zwischen 40’000 und 50’000 Firmen gegründet. Die dafür notwendigen Unterzeichnungen, welche in der Regel noch analog erfolgen, machen eine Gründung aufwändig und langwierig. Der Gründungsplattform Hoop ist es in Zusammenarbeit mit DeepCloud und Yapeal gelungen,

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Top Banking Trends in Switzerland 2023: SIC Instant Payments & Beyond

      Globally, 63% of banks & FIs picked instant payments as their top priority over the next 12 months, followed by fraud detection (54%), cross-border payments (52%), and digital transformation (45%). The following areas are vital for Switzerland

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With SIC5 Around the Corner, Experts Weigh in on Possible Impact of Instant Payments in Switzerland

Instant payments are scheduled for rollout in Switzerland in the summer 2024, opening up new opportunities in payment transactions, digital commerce and customer experiences. But the new standard will also put pressure on banks’ lucrative card businesses and will cost

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Neobanking Offering: Revolut Metal Named 2022’s Top Mobile Banking Service

The Mobile Banking Benchmark, an annual study by consulting company Sia Partners focusing on identifying the world’s top ten mobile banking apps, has named Revolut Metal as the best mobile banking offering of 2022. Each year, Sia Partners performs a

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Swiss Digital Bank Alpian Ramps up Athlete Endorsements to Appeal to the Mass Affluent

Swiss digital bank Alpian has announced the appointment of Sébastien Buemi as honorary “chief inspiration officer,” adding the Swiss professional racing driver to its list of existing brand ambassadors, among which tennis world champion Belinda Bencic and freestyle snowboarder and

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Challenger Bank SWISS4.0 Granted FINMA Fintech License

Financial services app SWISS4.0 has been granted a fintech license by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to operate as a financial institution, effective 18 November 2022. SWISS4.0 said that it is the first Geneva-based fintech to receive the

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The Swiss Fintech Worldcup Football Team 2022

Am Sonntag ist es soweit und die (meist zu recht) stark kritisierte Fussball WM in Qatar startet mit den Eröffnungsspiel Qatar gegen Ecuador in Doha. Wie bereits 2021 an der Fussball EM oder vor 4 Jahren an der Fussball WM

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