walter dietrich zürich
fintech made in switzerland this is mount pilatus in lucerne, switzerland. more than 100 years ago a group of entrepreneurs developed revolutionary technology and built a railway to get to the top of the mountain faster. it is still the steepest of its kind in the world. the trip to the summit used to take a day on foot and on muleback. now it was possible in under 40 minutes. this innovation put pilatus on the map. a similar revolution is going on in switzerland today. fintech entrepreneurs are reinventing the financial sector making it simpler, cheaper, and more convenient. together with banks, they hope to bring swiss banking into the digital age. i am swiss and an entrepreneur. i launched my first startup in switzerland in 1996 founded additional companies in america and japan and wrote books on finance and entrepreneurship. it seems to me switzerland as a financial center and fintech are a natural match, but we also face circumstances quite different from other countries. to get a