Celebrating 2019 and looking forward to 2020 and beyond!

Tuesday, January 14th, 2019 by John Hucker, CFA, MBA, President of SFTA, Chief Ecosystem Officer @ Elliott Capital

Welcome new members

We would like to introduce new members since the last update, including: N’cloud Swiss, ViaCash, Lend.ch, uncrypted, aXedras, neocredit.ch, CrescoFin, and a number of other individuals and partner organisations.

In 2020, as always, we continue to work towards our goal of fostering the development of a world-class FinTech ecosystem in Switzerland. The guiding principles remain being open, collaborative, and focusing on adding value. It should be no surprise, there are lots of exciting developments coming in 2020, including:

Chapters

East Chapter, led by John Hucker, CFA, MBA, is based in Zurich.

Some specific highlights from the year included the growing FinTech presence at WEF, the first official mission to Money2020 Europe, and many contributions around the development of DLT and FinTech regulations in Switzerland, a world-leading jurisdiction which is seen as a role model. Ecosystem Update newsletters, like this one, were posted quarterly in 2019 and we plan to increase frequency to monthly in 2020. We are especially proud of the incredible success of the Swiss Pavilion at the Singapore FinTech Festival in 2019, which was one of the largest and most engaging in the large, international conference. In just three years the group has grown from six to approximately 30 participating companies and organisations from the Swiss FinTech ecosystem.

Over the summer, the Association invested in video equipment to allow for webcasting of events and interviews with members, which has attracted the first 300 subscribers to our YouTube channel. The videos also go directly on to the website, newsletter, and social media. Have something to say? Get in touch with us to discuss contributing content.

West Chapter, led by Gabriel Lamon, now covering Lausanne , Yverdon, Geneva.

Our afterwork are now monthly and are nice opportunity to build your network and new relationships. Many Thanks for 2019 to all contributors among them

    • Partners : Geneva Macro Labs HEIG-VD Geneva WealthTech Forum
    • People : Olivier Naray Pierre Maudet Olivier Depierre Nathalie Feingold Herve Dedieu Stefano Ventura Renate Günther Jay Oberai Christian Marchand Géraud de LAVAL Christophe Haldi

Advocacy

  • On January 13th SFTA and UBS host a roundtable on DLT regulation including Brent J. McIntosh, US Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs, as well as distinguished guests from SIX, Credit Suisse, MME, NKF, Swisscom, and other ecosystem leaders.
  • SFTA President and Vice President met with FINMA in Bern in Q4 to discuss opportunities to share information with the FinTech ecosystem in 2020. Planning is underway for an info session during H1 2020.
  • SFTA participated in the 4th FinTech Roundtable in Bern in October, where, among other points, the Federal Council highlighted it wants to further improve framework conditions for DLT/blockchain, as well as FinTech in general.
  • Read all the Advocacy updates here

Updates from Members

New Insights Articles & Videos

More videos – contact us to schedule your interview or article ASAP, space is limited to 1 per week

Past Events

Upcoming Events

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