Wealthtech Alpian and Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking have entered into a strategic collaboration. The goal is to speed up the evolution of the digital wealth management offering at Fideuram-ISPB.
This follows Fidueram-ISPB’s CHF19m equity investment into Alpian.
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In addition, the bank has identified Alpian as a strategic partner to advance its wealth management offerings which currently service 60,000 clients.
Alpian has knowledge in building mobile-first digital wealth management offerings that utilise cloud-based technology. The partnership should allow a product roadmap designed to enhance the experience of Fideuram-ISPB’s customers.
Luca Bortolan, head of Direct Bank at Fideuram-ISPB, said: “After the investment to launch the first Swiss digital private bank, we have found in Alpian a strategic partner to power the digital wealth management service offering of Fideuram-ISPB Direct Bank. We will be leveraging the experience that the team has built while creating a mobile-first digital private banking offering using state-of-the-art technologies”.
Schuyler Weiss, Chief Executive Officer at Alpian, said: “This strategic partnership demonstrates the potential of bringing together a large leading private bank and a new digital private bank to drive value for Fideuram-ISPB’s clients, employees and stakeholders. We look forward to working together to build on the power of Alpian’s technology and expertise of our team to drive large-scale change for the wealth management industry.”
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By GlobalDataLast month, Alpian secured CHF19m ($20.3m) in Series B+ funding, as well as a banking license from FINMA.
As a result, Alpian will shortly launch its alpha release to internal employees with services to the public released by Q3 2022.
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