AI and blockchain,
built for banking.
AI and blockchain,
built for banking.
We are a Basel-based team of scientists, engineers and banking specialists. We build and operate technology platforms — and we bring that same depth of expertise to every client engagement. Two technology competences. Deep domain knowledge. One firm.
We are a Basel-based team of scientists, engineers and banking specialists. We build and operate technology platforms — and we bring that same depth of expertise to every client engagement. Two technology competences. Deep domain knowledge. One firm.
1997
Founded · banking domain
Founded · banking domain
2
Live platforms
Live platforms
CHF 50M+
Assets tokenised on TWEX®
Assets tokenised on TWEX®
5,000+
Companies covered by AI
Companies covered by AI
COP28
BIS / CB UAE TechSprint finalist
BIS / CB UAE TechSprint finalist
OUR COMPETENCE
Two technology platforms. Live.
Both built by our team.
Most technology firms advise on AI or blockchain. We built platforms in both and operate them today. They are the most honest demonstration of what we can do for your institution.
Blockchain — since 2016
TWEX® — Regulated Web3 for financial institutions
TWEX® is our platform for regulated tokenisation, corporate governance and blockchain-based agreements. Built for compliance-conscious institutions within the Swiss legal framework, it enables the issuance of digital shares, tokenised assets, escrow agreements and verifiable digital certificates — with the governance and auditability that regulated markets require.
Use cases
Digital share issuance · Tokenised assets · Escrow agreements · Digital certificates · CBDC exploration
Framework
Swiss DLT law · Regulatory-grade compliance architecture · Smart contracts
Recognition
COP28 UAE TechSprint finalist · CBDC Conference Istanbul
Partners
Kellerhals Carrard (law) · Keyper · Torus Association
App
Available on iOS and Android (TWEX® app) · TWEX® Corporate for institutions
Digital Assets
RWA
Digital Certificates
Blockchain — since 2016
TWEX® — Regulated Web3 for financial institutions
TWEX® is our platform for regulated tokenisation, corporate governance and blockchain-based agreements. Built for compliance-conscious institutions within the Swiss legal framework, it enables the issuance of digital shares, tokenised assets, escrow agreements and verifiable digital certificates — with the governance and auditability that regulated markets require.
Use cases
Digital share issuance · Tokenised assets · Escrow agreements · Digital certificates · CBDC exploration
Framework
Swiss DLT law · Regulatory-grade compliance architecture · Smart contracts
Recognition
COP28 UAE TechSprint finalist · CBDC Conference Istanbul
Partners
Kellerhals Carrard (law) · Keyper · Torus Association
App
Available on iOS and Android (TWEX® app) · TWEX® Corporate for institutions
Digital Assets
RWA
Digital Certificates
AI — since 2012
NewsBoard — Financial news intelligence
NewsBoard analyses financial and economic news for banks, asset managers and risk managers. Unlike article-level sentiment tools, it extracts and scores individual statements — giving precise intelligence on earnings trends, credit signals, trading recommendations and economic indicators across 5,000+ companies and 250 countries.
Coverage
5,000+ companies · 250 countries · 50 market indices · 50 commodities
Languages
English, German, French (full) · Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (selected topics)
Clients
Banks · Insurance companies · Asset managers · Risk managers · Private investors
Partner
SIX Financial Information — leading global provider of financial data services
Foundation
Proprietary NLP engine trained from original University of Basel research — not built on a third-party Al APl. Processing at the individual statement level, across nine languages, requires custom model training and computational linguistics techniques that cannot be replicated by calling a foundation model.
Techniques
Custom machine learning models • local grammars for statement-level extraction • semantic annotation • rule-based and statistical hybrid methods • in-house training and continuous model improvement
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AI — since 2012
NewsBoard — Financial news intelligence
NewsBoard analyses financial and economic news for banks, asset managers and risk managers. Unlike article-level sentiment tools, it extracts and scores individual statements — giving precise intelligence on earnings trends, credit signals, trading recommendations and economic indicators across 5,000+ companies and 250 countries.
Coverage
5,000+ companies · 250 countries · 50 market indices · 50 commodities
Languages
English, German, French (full) · Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (selected topics)
Clients
Banks · Insurance companies · Asset managers · Risk managers · Private investors
Partner
SIX Financial Information — leading global provider of financial data services
Foundation
Proprietary NLP engine trained from original University of Basel research — not built on a third-party Al APl. Processing at the individual statement level, across nine languages, requires custom model training and computational linguistics techniques that cannot be replicated by calling a foundation model.
Techniques
Custom machine learning models • local grammars for statement-level extraction • semantic annotation • rule-based and statistical hybrid methods • in-house training and continuous model improvement
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How we engage
From business case to live operations.
We work with financial institutions at every stage of a digital initiative. Our value is the same at each: the experience of a team that has actually built and run production systems in both AI and blockchain, combined with deep first-hand knowledge of how banks and regulated firms operate.
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Business case & feasibility
We help you assess the opportunity, quantify the impact, and define a credible implementation path before resources are committed. Rigorous and direct — we will tell you if the business case isn't there.
01
Business case & feasibility
We help you assess the opportunity, quantify the impact, and define a credible implementation path before resources are committed. Rigorous and direct — we will tell you if the business case isn't there.
02
Design & technical consulting
Data models, systems architecture, technology selection and an independent view from engineers who have shipped AI and blockchain systems into production. Not vendor-aligned. Not theoretical.
02
Design & technical consulting
Data models, systems architecture, technology selection and an independent view from engineers who have shipped AI and blockchain systems into production. Not vendor-aligned. Not theoretical.
03
Application development
Bespoke development using our in-house engineering team. We build on our own proven components — UI & back-end frameworks, NLP pipelines, smart contracts & high availability data centre infrastructure — to reduce time and risk significantly.
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Application development
Bespoke development using our in-house engineering team. We build on our own proven components — UI & back-end frameworks, NLP pipelines, smart contracts & high availability data centre infrastructure — to reduce time and risk significantly.
03
Application development
Bespoke development using our in-house engineering team. We build on our own proven components — UI & back-end frameworks, NLP pipelines, smart contracts & high availability data centre infrastructure — to reduce time and risk significantly.
04
Regulatory & compliance advisory
Deep expertise in MiFID/FinSA, FATCA, AML/KYC, OECD-CRS, and core banking system implementation. Banking knowledge that most technology firms simply don't have.
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Regulatory & compliance advisory
Deep expertise in MiFID/FinSA, FATCA, AML/KYC, OECD-CRS, and core banking system implementation. Banking knowledge that most technology firms simply don't have.
Domain knowledge
We don't just understand technology.
We understand banking.
Being based in Basel is not incidental. Basel is home to the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Accords, and some of Europe's most significant private banks. Our founder Hans-Peter Gier began building banking technology here in 1997 with the founding of Banking Concepts AG — and our firm has operated in this environment continuously for nearly three decades.
Our team includes specialists in international tax compliance, regulatory reporting, MiFID/FinSA, AML/KYC, FATCA, OECD-CRS, core banking systems (Avaloq, Olympic), and quantitative portfolio management. We understand the cost, the risk, and the regulatory landscape of every initiative we propose. That is not typical for a technology firm. It is our most important differentiator.
MiFID / FinSA
AML / KYC / VSB
Tax compliance & reporting
Quantitative portfolio management
Digital assets regulation
FATCA
OECD-CRS
Core banking (Avaloq · Olympic)
Capital markets
Swiss DLT law
Our Experts
We are a team of business and IT experts
Our Experts
We are a team of business and IT experts
Our Experts
We are a team of business and IT experts
Our Experts
We are a team of business and IT experts
Cases
Built and delivered.
We reference only engagements where we designed and built the solution ourselves — not advisory work on other vendors' platforms.
Blockchain · tokenisation
Digital share issuance for an international manufacturer on TWEX®
Challenge
A Swiss pipeline manufacturer needed to issue digital shares to international investors outside traditional exchange infrastructure, with full legal compliance under Swiss DLT law.
Blockchain · tokenisation
Digital share issuance for an international manufacturer on TWEX®
Challenge
A Swiss pipeline manufacturer needed to issue digital shares to international investors outside traditional exchange infrastructure, with full legal compliance under Swiss DLT law.
Blockchain · provenance
Digital Product Passport for a luxury jewellery brand
Challenge
Beyond Pangaea, a Swiss luxury jewellery brand producing limited-edition pieces, needed a way to authenticate each creation and give collectors verifiable, permanent proof of provenance — without relying on paper certificates or centralised records that could be lost or falsified.
Blockchain · provenance
Digital Product Passport for a luxury jewellery brand
Challenge
Beyond Pangaea, a Swiss luxury jewellery brand producing limited-edition pieces, needed a way to authenticate each creation and give collectors verifiable, permanent proof of provenance — without relying on paper certificates or centralised records that could be lost or falsified.
AI · financial data intelligence
Corporate action data quality for SIX Financial Information
Challenge
SIX Financial Information — operator of the Swiss Stock Exchange and one of Europe's primary financial data providers — needed to improve the completeness and timeliness of its corporate action database: AGMs, dividends, premature redemptions of preferred shares. When companies did not file through SIX's structured data channels, events were missed or captured days late. Manual sourcing from corporate websites and publication media was costly and inconsistent across 5,500+ companies in 29 major indices.
AI · financial data
intelligence
Corporate action data quality for SIX Financial Information
Challenge
SIX Financial Information — operator of the Swiss Stock Exchange and one of Europe's primary financial data providers — needed to improve the completeness and timeliness of its corporate action database: AGMs, dividends, premature redemptions of preferred shares. When companies did not file through SIX's structured data channels, events were missed or captured days late. Manual sourcing from corporate websites and publication media was costly and inconsistent across 5,500+ companies in 29 major indices.
Blockchain · tokenisation
Connected banknote and CBDC prototype with the Swiss state printer
Challenge
Central banks exploring digital currencies face a fundamental tension: a purely digital CBDC excludes citizens without smartphones, bank accounts or digital literacy — precisely the populations that physical cash serves best. Any credible CBDC solution needs to bridge the physical and digital worlds without abandoning either. At the same time, the infrastructure for issuing, managing and monitoring a national digital currency must satisfy the security, privacy and regulatory standards that a sovereign monetary authority demands.
Blockchain · tokenisation
Connected banknote and CBDC prototype with the Swiss state printer
Challenge
Central banks exploring digital currencies face a fundamental tension: a purely digital CBDC excludes citizens without smartphones, bank accounts or digital literacy — precisely the populations that physical cash serves best. Any credible CBDC solution needs to bridge the physical and digital worlds without abandoning either. At the same time, the infrastructure for issuing, managing and monitoring a national digital currency must satisfy the security, privacy and regulatory standards that a sovereign monetary authority demands.
Work with us
Ready to explore what AI or blockchain
could do for your institution?
Ready to explore what AI or blockchain
could do for your institution?
Ready to explore what AI or blockchain
could do for your institution?
We work with banks, asset managers, financial institutions and regulated enterprises. Engagements typically begin with a focused conversation about your challenge — no obligation, no sales process. If there's a fit, we'll tell you clearly what we can do and how.
