Category: Press & Media

Sonect mobilisiert seine digitalen Geldautomaten. Statt nur an fixen Locations von Shops, Restaurants und Bars gebunden, funktioniert der Bargeldbezug über die Sonect-App auch dort, wo nur temporär ein Event für Shoppinglaune, Appetit und Durst sorgt. Zum Beispiel am Weihnachtsmarkt. In der diesjährigen Adventszeit sind die virtuellen Geldautomaten mit vor Ort. So muss niemand mehr unfreiwillig auf dem Trockenen sitzen oder zum nächsten Geldautomaten laufen. read more

The Swiss FinTech startup Sonect revealed that cash management specialist Loomis and global FinTech venture fund SixThirty recently invested in the
company. Loomis entered into a global partnership with Sonect and will help to accelerate Sonect’s growth with its expertise and large customer-base. Furthermore, Sonect was selected for the SixThirty go-to-market program, receiving yet another recognition of belonging to the most innovative and
promising FinTech startups from around the world. These investments follow Sonect's recent successful completion of the 2018 VC FinTech Accelerator
program, sponsored by leading financial technology provider FIS. read more

GENEVA, Switzerland – 13.09.2018 – Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announces that this year’s Innovation Jam winner SONECT is now live on MarketPlace, its platform for connecting banks and fintech companies. The solution with its ‘virtual ATMs’ beat over 80 other fintech companies to win the global competition and earn their place on MarketPlace. read more

Sonect ranks as one of eight fintech startups in the TOP 100!
Only eight Swiss fintech startups made it into the TOP 100 ranking. One of them is the Zurich-based Sonect which went live just a year ago and already received several notable national and international recognitions. read more

Loomis and Sonect AG (“Sonect”) have reached an agreement to enter into a partnership. The partnership is very much in line with Loomis strategy to offer advanced digital solutions to customers and build a bridge between physical and digital payments. Sonect will be able to build on Loomis existing customer base and know how in cash management to make cash available for consumers in many more locations than today. Sonect’s digital solution fits very well into Loomis existing service offerings such as CIT, CMS and SafePoint.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 18, 2018 – More than 400 banking executives, business leaders, and investors attended Demo Day 2018, held here today, to see presentations of the 10 startup companies participating in the VC FinTech Accelerator program, sponsored by FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), the Venture Center (VC), and the State of Arkansas. read more

SONECT and Belleron were announced as the winners of this years final. Each fintech company was given seven minutes to demonstrate their solution live on stage. The winners faced strong competition from eight other fintech companies with diverse solutions ranging from frictionless secure authentication, smart regtech and blockchain to (spurred by the GDPR) privacy by design. read more

The leading banking-software provider, Temenos, is constantly searching for new innovative solutions for its clients. To achieve this, it organises a series of competitions, «innovation jams» to get in contact with outstanding fintech companies. This year jams are organised in Dublin, Miami, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, London, Geneva, Abu Dhabi and Luxemburg. read more

FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, and The Venture Center have announced the 10 startup companies selected to participate in the 2018 VC FinTech Accelerator program, now in its third year. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, as well as FIS executives and community leaders, were in attendance to meet this year’s participants at a kickoff event held yesterday at The Venture Center. read more

Following the very successful application phase with 336 submissions from 56 countries, Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has been working intensively with five start-ups starting from October 2017 as part of the fintech acceleration program “Elevator Lab”. read more