Tag: Switzerland

Singapore and Switzerland are similar to each other in the sense that they both are small countries but are major financial hubs. Read more: cointelegraph.com

Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has raised $10.4m in a Series A round led by Berlin-based VC Earlybird. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Swiss SME lender Tradeplus24 has secured a $101m credit facility from boutique investment house Oceano One. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is acquiring a 35% stake in Swiss financial software firm Avaloq. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Fintech-friendly Switzerland sees the launch of a new non-profit blockchain advocacy and development group. Read more: www.fintechranking.com

Crypto Valley Association launched with a number of leading companies and startups as members, including ConsenSys, UBS, PwC, and more. Read more: www.businesswire.com

In a report by Swiss multinational financial institution Credit Suisse, bitcoin and blockchain are deemed to be ‘relatively safe’. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com

Credit Suisse has carried out a global hackathon to find ways in which the R3 Corda distributed ledger platform can be used to make big cost savings. Read more: www.finextra.com

A Swiss online bank is introducing a virtual reality trading application to create a a 360° trading wall for users to monitor the markets and make trades. Read more: www.finextra.com

Bitcoin companies offering virtual wallets sometimes face a difficult legal question: do they have to operate as a bank or can they function as something else? Read more: www.engadget.com