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Sola Partners with Salt Edge to Expand Open Banking in Europe
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Sola, a European fintech infrastructure company developing a payments and open banking gateway, has partnered with Salt Edge, a provider of open banking solutions,...

Basel 2025: Taylor Fritz vs Ugo Humbert preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds, and betting tips | Swiss Indoors
Match Details Fixture: (1) Taylor Fritz vs Ugo Humbert Date: October 23, 2025 Tournament: Swiss Indoors Round: Second Round (Round of 16) Venue: St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Category: ATP 500 Surface: Hard (indoor) Prize Money: €2,523,045...

The HIV Epidemic in the United States – Epidemiological Projections and Public Economic Impact of Achieving Zero Transmission Goals
Introduction The United States (US) has made substantial progress in controlling the acquired human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic, in particular since the advent of highly effective antiretroviral therapy (ART).1 Once considered a...

Today Currency Rates in Pakistan – US Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal to PKR – 23 October 2025
KARACHI – Pakistani rupee remained largely stable in open market on Thursday, showing only minor fluctuations against major global currencies. According to the latest exchange rate data, the US dollar was being bought at Rs 282.65 and sold at Rs...

Swiss Vote Sunday on National Drug Policy
Citizens of Switzerland will vote Sunday on an initiative to end a successful drug treatment program. If approved, the initiative would discontinue the government’s heroin maintenance program and abandon most of its methadone program — forcing...

Swiss Vote to Keep Rational Drug Policy
A majority of Swiss voters today rejected an initiative which would have discontinued the government’s heroin maintenance program and abandoned most of its methadone program. The initiative, supported by right-wing groups in Switzerland, was...
Galderma Delivers Record Net Sales of 3.737 Billion USD in the First Nine Months of 2025 and 15.0% Year-on-Year Growth at Constant Currency, Raises Full-Year Guidance
ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 23, 2025-- Galderma Group AG (SIX:GALD), the pure-play dermatology category leader, today announced its financial results for the first nine months of 2025, delivering record net sales along with strong...

Affordable Funding For Infrastructure Will Grow The Economy
Press Release – Positive Money NZ Our Infrastructure Commission estimates it will cost $31 billion per year, close to a tenth of New Zealands GDP, to plug the infrastructure deficit and build for the future. Positive Money New Zealand submitted a...

Swiss FM announces official visit to Kuwait to strengthen bilateral ties
GENEVA, Oct 22: Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis announced on Tuesday his intention to make an official visit to the State of Kuwait at the end of this week to discuss ways to enhance cooperation between Switzerland and Kuwait. In a statement...
Young Australians’ biggest financial regret: Ignoring Bitcoin at $400
Over 40% of Australian Gen Z and Millennials say they regret not investing in cryptocurrency a decade ago, with a new survey from Australian crypto broker Swyftx suggesting they see it as one of the biggest missed opportunities of the last 10...

Bank's return to sub-prime: Barclays' does not appear to have learned its lessons from past mistakes, says ALEX BRUMMER
By ALEX BRUMMER, CONSULTANT EDITOR Updated: 17:03 EDT, 22 October 2025 Bank of England deputy governor Sam Woods is confident that post-Great Financial Crisis rules have fixed the banking system. One might question whether it was Swiss national...

Basel 2025 Day 4: Men's singles predictions ft Reilly Opelka vs Botic van de Zandschulp, Denis Shapovalov vs Valentin Royer | Swiss Indoors
Second-round matches will wrap up on Day 4 (Thursday, October 23) of the Swiss Indoors 2025 in Basel. A couple of second-round matches were contested on Wednesday, with Joao Fonseca and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina emerging as the victors. Fonseca...

Potential challenges, Issues that could hamper the establishment and operationalization of Islamic Banking System-: ‘A aase of Ghana’- Policy recommendations
By Dr Richmond Akwasi ATUAHENE Corporate Governance/Banking Consultant Abstract Islamic banking in Ghana is still at its drawing and preparatory stage and surrounded by a lot of potential challenges and set backs. It is important to note that...

Swiss CFOs Have Recovered from Tariff Shock
The sentiment among Swiss CFOs has improved after hitting a low following U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff announcement in early April. Geopolitical risks, trade conflicts, and currency risks currently top the list of CFO concerns for this...

Lehigh Valley’s Shift4 says it will acquire additional payments companies
Shift4 announced Wednesday that it is in “exclusive negotiations” to acquire a trio of businesses that processes payments for more than 140,000 businesses across the U.S. and Canada. The Upper Saucon Township payments and commerce technology...

Dollar edges up ahead of CPI, trade news; yen slips
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The dollar drifted higher against its major peers on Thursday as traders waited on the delayed release of U.S. consumer inflation data on Friday, while digesting tariff threats between Washington and Beijing. The...

ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner takes speedy victory at Erste Bank Open
Second-ranked Jannik Sinner overwhelmed his first opponent at the Erste Bank Open at Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, defeating German Daniel Altmaier 6-0, 6-2 in just 58 minutes. The Italian, seeded first, extended his indoor-hard-court winning...

India emerges as key growth market for Nestlé and Reckitt
Nestle and Reckitt Benckiser report strong sales in India. New Delhi: Swiss packaged foods company Nestle highlighted India for the first time in its post-earnings call as a market with “strong performance and good momentum,” amid unprecedented...

Adam Szymczyk Appointed Director of S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Curator and critic Adam Szymczyk has been named director of S AM Swiss Architecture Museum. The appointment marks a homecoming of sorts for the Zürich-based Szymczyk, who spent more than a decade as the director and chief curator of Kunsthalle...

Maynilad IPO to re-energize Philippine stock market—SB Capital
The upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of Maynilad Water Services Inc. is expected to inject fresh optimism into the local capital markets, according to Security Bank Capital (SB Capital). Virgilio Chua, president of SB Capital, said the...