The Hocschule Luzern and the Institute for Financial Services Zug (IFZ) have published their “IFZ Fintech Study” for the fourth time. Fintech is still good And the insights are by no means surprising for people who know the industry: the framework conditions for companies in the financial technology industry are…
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Good general conditions make Switzerland one of the leading fintech centers in the world. This is the finding of a survey for the year 2017 published by the Institute for Financial Services Zug of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences yesterday. In a global comparison of 30 cities studied, Zurich…
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A country comparison of the fintech industries shows that Switzerland has become the European stronghold. On a key question but it still seems to hapern. One can not put it another way: Germany has a miserable development in the field of fintech in absolute terms. In 2018, the federal government…
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Lucerne University of Applied Sciences undertook a comprehensive review of the Swiss fintech market for the fourth time. The study shows that the local FinTech sector has again grown strongly and continues to gain importance. She also explores the question of how traditional banks deal with digital evolution. The “IFZ…
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Lucerne University of Applied Sciences undertook a comprehensive review of the Swiss fintech market for the fourth time. The study shows that the local FinTech sector has again grown strongly and continues to gain importance. She also explores the question of how traditional banks deal with digital evolution. This year…
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The Zurich EY banking specialist Urs Palmieri wants to spread the tech expertise from Asia to Switzerland. Because in this country he misses a certain innovative strength and the courage to take calculated risks. Mr. Palmieri, after seven years in Singapore, you have been back in Switzerland since the beginning…
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FinTechs and startups have been struggling for some time to raise new capital. Prerequisite: You are successful and promising. At the end of January 2019, Startup Ticker’s Swiss Venture Capital Report 2019 presented pleasing developments and figures. In 2018, Swiss start-ups raised more than CHF 1.2 billion in venture capital…
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Dominik Wurzer and Olivier Brin will join forces to support the enlarged management team in order to meet the rapid growth of recent years and further expand Contovista’s vision for data-driven banking. The extension of the management team is the result of the continuing great potential of artificial intelligence-based solutions…
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Never before have so-called startups – young start-ups – received as much venture capital as last year. The ITC sector collected the most funds. Specifically, 1.24 billion francs flowed into venture capital in young Swiss companies last year. This corresponds to a handsome increase of almost 32 percent compared to…
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Vontobel, one of the most important private banks in Switzerland, announced in an official press release that it will launch a cryptocurrency escrow service for banks and asset managers. About Vontobel The bank, located in Zurich, will be the third largest financial institution to offer a cryptocurrency escrow service in…
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