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Gestartet ist Sonect mit einer App, die den Geldbezug per Kreditkarte erlaubt. Nun können die 800'000 Kunden der Migros-Bank an Kiosken und bei anderen Sonect Partnern auch direkt von ihrem Bankkonto Bargeld beziehen.

A new mobile App offered by the Scandinavian Airlines System, the region's leading airline carrying more than 30 passengers annually, will enable scanning boarding passes, passports, meal vouchers and baggage tags. The app is powered by Scandit's technology.

Ten startups are competing for the top prize of the Swiss Fintech Awards in two categories: Early-stage and Growth stage. The winners will be announced at the Grand finale on 12. March 2020.

Proteomedix’ first product, a blood based prostate cancer test panel and risk score, will be introduced to the market early 2020. Before the lauch Helge Lubenow has been appointed as as Chief Executive Officer succeeding co-founder Ralph Schiess.

Die Schweizer Musikdienstleistungsfirma iGroove expandiert: nach dem ersten Expansionsschritt nach Deutschland wird der Rap-Star Kool Savas A&R Director (Artist&Repertoire) bei iGroove. Mit der Unterstützung von Investoren wird ausserdem der Sprung nach Übersee gewagt.

Geopraevent, a Zurich based provider of monitoring and alarm systems for natural disasters has been acquired by Hexagon, a global technology company specialising in sensor, software and autonomous solutions with €3.5 billion in sales. The startup will be fully consolidated into Hexagon's Geosystems division.

At CES, IBM announced the expansion of the IBM Q Network, a community of Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, startups and national research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing. Among the new member is a tech company from Zurich.

The Zurich based fintech startup AlgoTrader, offering a digital asset quantitative trading platform has raised CHF 3.7 million in a Series A round to fund its growth and expansion. An undisclosed global Tier 1 bank led the round with contribution from Investiere, BlockChain Valley Ventures and NeueCapital.

Seit 2001 wird der ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark bereits vergeben. Die Anwärter für den Gewinn der diesjährigen Ausgabe zeichnen sich durch den Einsatz von Deep-Tech für die Lösung gesellschaftlicher relevanter Probleme.

Inivation, Codecheck and xsensio are among the winners of the CES Innovation Awards, which recognise outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products. The startups won three award categories.