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Sygnum Fund Aims to Grow Investors’ ETH Beyond Staking
Digital asset banking group Sygnum has launched its ETH Alpha Fund SP for professional investors. The market-neutral fund aims for annual returns of 8% to 10% in ETH after fees. By comparison, staking alone earns around…
“Eppur si muove”: Convergence Within and Between Countries
Kremer, Willis, and You (2022) report that over six decades richer countries lost their growth advantage. Acemoglu and Molina (2022) and Pesaran and Smith (2026) reply that such regressions cannot measure catch-up when…
HSBC UK Launches Stripe-Powered Tap to Pay for Small Businesses
HSBC UK has introduced a Tap to Pay service for its small business customers, powered by Stripe. Eligible customers can accept supported contactless payments directly on a compatible smartphone, without needing an…
ECB Approves Partial Transfer of Revolut Lithuanian Operations to France
Revolut can now move part of its Lithuanian bank to its new French bank. The European Central Bank (ECB) has approved the transfer, LRT reported. Some assets and liabilities of Revolut Bank UAB will pass to Revolut Bank…
News12.11.2026Swiss banks: CHF 74.5 billion in value added for the economy How significant is the impact of the Swiss banking sector beyond the industry itself? The latest BAK Economics study, “The economic importance of the Swiss banking sector”, shows that banking activities are associated with a total of CHF 74.5 billion in value added and around 338,700 full-time equivalent jobs. Three questions on the findings for our experts Martin Hess, Head of Economic Policy at the Swiss Bankers Association, and Nina-Alessa Michel, Policy Advisor Economic Policy and Regulation.Read more
Former Swiss Life CEO Bruno Pfister Joins Selma as Strategic Adviser
Selma, a Zurich-based digital wealth manager, has appointed former Swiss Life Group CEO Bruno Pfister as a strategic adviser. In this role, he will help the company guide clients before and after retirement through a…
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October 2026
News14.10.2026Financial Literacy: Why Financial Education Matters to All of Us With its new Financial Literacy series, Swiss Banking explains economic and financial-centre topics in a clear, practical and relatable way. The articles are aimed in particular at young people, students and early-career professionals who would like to better understand economic interrelationships. To launch the series, Nina Michel explains why financial education is more important than ever and what readers can expect in the months ahead. Read more
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FINMA assesses the emergency and recovery plans for Zürcher Kantonalbank, Raiffeisen and PostFinance
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has completed its annual assessment of the emergency and recovery plans for the domestic systemically important banks. The emergency plans for Zürcher Kantonalbank…
2026-10-14 – Portale di dati – FMI NSDD Plus, 14 octobre 2026 (FR/DE/EN)
Frank Elderson: Ensuring resilience in the face of uncertainty
Money and the architecture of trust
Money is one of the most consequential social institutions humanity has built. Starting from the most elementary monetary act, a payment, this paper provides an account of how money works, grounded in the tradition of…
