Switzerland Financial News
06.11 / 16:37
06.11 / 16:07
Blockchain
Provident
Tether
Bitcoin
innovations
Stablecoins: Transforming cryptocurrency investment
In Switzerland, for instance, a stablecoin tied to the Swiss franc provides investors with a reassuring sense of stability, as its value closely mirrors that of the national currency.
06.11 / 07:37
ETF
Arthur Hayes
Bitcoin
Arthur Hayes Warns of Institutional Hold on Bitcoin – Innovation or Centralization?
Growing institutional custody service over bitcoin is raising alarms. Arthur Hayes, the founder of Maelstrom Fund, said that bitcoin’s core value of decentralization could be at risk.
05.11 / 06:37
Progressive
CEO
cover
LGT Crestone tries to nab nation’s richest families from UBS
LGT Crestone, the financial adviser backed by the Liechtenstein royal family, has stepped up its campaign to poach Credit Suisse’s wealthy clients and leverage the perception of any instability surrounding the Swiss bank’s takeover by UBS.
05.11 / 02:05
Career
Telegram
WhatsApp
cover
reports
Singapore fund founded by Blackstone MD hiring from Blackstone
If you’re a young Blackstoner in Singapore, you probably have a lot of opportunities to leave the firm to continue your career. One of them, newly launched, might be a better fit than others – Aquilius Investment Partners.
03.11 / 19:33
Blockchain
DEX
Trading
applications
Forex
TradFi
CEXs
TradFi meets DeFi: Swiss meta-exchange unifies trading across FX, CEXs and DEXs
Crypto gets traditional finance treatment with the Smart Engine, a first-of-its-kind meta-exchange by SwissBorg. Unifying the experience for FX, CEX and DEX trading, Smart Engine has recently integrated with Solana, bringing direct fiat on-ramps for Solana-based projects.
03.11 / 18:19
Remark
country
reports
travelers
Applying for Schengen visa? These THREE countries offer favorable visa opportunities for Indians
Schengen Visas and cited that countries most likely to issue visa according to one's citizenship. And, here is a list of countries that have a considerably low rejection rate for visa applications from India: Out of 1,861 visa applicants from India, Iceland has rejected only 5.48% of them, translating into 102 denied applications. However, a reason for the low rejection rate from Iceland can be the relatively low number of applicants, but that is not the case for Germany, which is one of the top destinations for Indian applicants, the report said.
03.11 / 17:01
Platform
Instagram
New API lets brands create Facebook Stories directly from third-party desktop, web apps
Meta has introduced a new "Facebook Stories API" (Application Programming Interface), which will allow developers, creators, and brands to create and share a Facebook Story directly from a third-party desktop or web app. «Starting this week, we are releasing the Facebook Stories API that allows developers, creators, and brands to use the desktop or web-based application of their choice to create and publish their Stories to publicly available Facebook Pages,» Meta said in a blogpost.
03.11 / 16:33
03.11 / 16:11
CEO
Strategy
reports
JSW Infra Q2 Results: Net profit jumps 85% to ₹256 crore, revenue rises 25%; cargo volumes up 27% YoY
JSW Infra Q2 Results: JSW Infrastructure announced its July-September quarter results for fiscal 2023-24 (Q2FY24) on Friday, November 3, reporting a rise of 85 per cent to ₹256 crore, compared to ₹138 crore in the corresponding period last year. The JSW Group company's revenue from operations in the second quarter of current fiscal stood at ₹895 crore, registering a growth of 25 per cent, compared to ₹696 crore in the year-ago period.
03.11 / 14:09
Provident
FIVE
Google
country
Inside
exclusive
reports
Google's Pixel car crash feature reaches to India: How to enable it
car crash detection feature, identified initially by Android Central, is now supported in five additional countries according to Google's Pixel phone support page. These newly listed countries are India, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, and Switzerland. As per a report by Gadgets 360, the feature is not currently accessible in Indian languages.
03.11 / 12:53
Twitter
FIVE
Google
Mobile
Apple
WhatsApp
country
Google brings crash detection feature to Pixel phones in India: What is it, how to setup and more
Google Pixel phones have been equipped with Car Crash Detection since 2019-launched Pixel 4 series. However, the feature has been available only in select regions. Following Google’s release, Apple also launched the same with its second-gen iPhone SE and iPhone 14 line, three years later, in 2022. And now, California’s tech behemoth is expanding this feature to more regions including India.
03.11 / 12:27
Blockchain
privacy
Web3
security
Smartphone
VERTU Introduces METAVERTU2, a Revolutionary Web3 and AI Smartphone – How Does It Work?
Manufacturer of luxury handmade mobile phones VERTU has revealed its METAVERTU2: a “highly secure” Web3 smartphone with extensive storage capacity, AI model tagging data, and AI agents managing tasks. It is described as an AI companion called “One More Brain.”
03.11 / 10:55
Target
Reuters
economy
stage
country
reports
prevention
Exclusive-Swiss authorities, banks mull new rules to prevent bank runs -sources
By Stefania Spezzati, Oliver Hirt and Elisa Martinuzzi
03.11 / 08:35
CBDC
Adoption
Ripple
Tokens
Digital Asset
Ripple to power Georgia’s central bank digital currency, the digital Lari
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has selected Ripple Labs Inc., a leading blockchain payments platform, as the official technology partner for developing Digital Lari, their central bank digital currency (CBDC) project.
02.11 / 21:32
Blockchain
Digital
Platform
Commerzbank
Experts
testing
Swiss National Bank Launches Wholesale CBDC in Partnership With Six Commercial Banks
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is ramping up its efforts on the issuance of a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC).
02.11 / 21:05
Digital
CEO
innovations
reports
Zurich to buy 51% in Kotak gen insurance for ₹4,051 cr
Insurance Co. Ltd on Thursday marked its India entry by agreeing to buy a majority stake in Kotak Mahindra General Insurance in the single-largest investment by a global strategic insurer in an Indian non-life insurer. The Swiss insurer will buy new and existing shares of the Indian insurer from its parent Kotak Mahindra Bank for ₹4,051 crore, a joint statement said.
02.11 / 20:37
Target
track
evacuation
Key Swiss rail tunnel damaged by derailment won't fully reopen until next September
Switzerland’s national rail operator says the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment
02.11 / 14:07
Blockchain
Ethereum
NFT
banking
Investment
Bitcoin
Today in Crypto: Xapo Bank Enables Non-US Members to Invest $10 in S&P 100 Stocks, Nym Technologies Reveals NymVPN Upcoming Launch and Info
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02.11 / 13:41
Digital
Platform
Commerzbank
innovations
testing
SNB moves CBDC into production on SIX Digital Exchange
The pilot, called Helvetia Phase III, marks the first time the central bank has moved from test environments into production, making wholesale CBDC available for the settlement of real bond transactions. The banks involved will carry out the transactions on the DLT platform as intermediaries for issuers and investors.
02.11 / 13:05
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