BigTech in Financial Services: Regulatory Approaches and Architecture
BigTech firms invested over $2 billion in fintech companies in 2020, with Alphabet generating 23 fintech investments alone.
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Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms: A Primer for Supervisors
Bitcoin block rewards fell from 12.5 Bitcoins to 6.25 Bitcoins in May 2020.
Keeping Pace with Change: Fintech and the Evolution of Commercial Law
Fintech Note 2022/001 provides guidance on modernizing commercial law frameworks to accommodate technological innovation while mitigating legal risks.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2022
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2022 Highlights
ICT/Fintech investment more than doubled to achieve a record volume of over CHF 1.5 billion.
Global Findex Gender Brief: Women and Financial Inclusion
Worldwide, 78 percent of men have an account, compared to 74 percent of women.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2021 Presentation
Swiss venture capital investment experienced a 7% decrease overall.
Swiss Venture Capital Report Update 2021
Investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 1.7 billion across 124 financing rounds in the first half of 2021.
Swiss Venture Capital Report Update H1 2020
During the first half of 2020, CHF 763 million was invested into Swiss start-ups across 105 financing rounds.
Distributed Ledger Technology Experiments in Payments and Settlements
Central banks in Brazil, Canada, the Euro Area/Japan, Singapore, South Africa, and Thailand have conducted large-value interbank payment DLT experiments.
Institutional Arrangements for Fintech Regulation and Supervision
The IMF note examines the institutional frameworks for fintech regulation and supervision across 10 selected jurisdictions.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2020 Presentation
The Swiss venture capital market recorded an overall growth rate of 86%.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2020
In 2019, almost CHF 2.3 billion was invested in 266 Swiss start-ups, representing an 85.5% increase compared with the previous year.
Presentation of the Swiss Venture Capital Report 2019
Swiss startups raised CHF 1236 million in funding in 2018.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2019
In 2018, nearly CHF 1.24 billion in venture capital was invested in Swiss start-ups, representing an increase of 31.8% on the previous year.
Payment patterns in Sweden 2018
Six out of ten respondents used the mobile payment service Swish during the past month in 2018, compared to around 10 per cent in 2014.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2018 Highlights Presentation
In 2017, Swiss startups received total venture capital funding of CHF 938 million.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2018
Total venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 937.7 million in 2017 across 175 financing rounds.
A portrait
Switzerland's financial sector employs over 200,000 people and generates nearly ten per cent of the country's gross domestic product.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2017
In 2016, 151 financing rounds of Swiss start-ups were reported, representing an increase of 26% compared with 2015.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2016
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached a peak of CHF 676 million across 120 financing rounds in 2015.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2015
In 2014, Swiss start-ups collected CHF 457 million in 92 financing rounds, representing an increase of about 10 % on the previous year.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2014
Swiss start-ups received a total of CHF415.3 million across 90 venture capital financing rounds in 2013.