FINMA
Banking Access for Crypto Companies: Switzerland's Persistent Challenge
Switzerland has done more than almost any other jurisdiction to create a legal and regulatory environment in which digital asset businesses can operate …
FINMA's Crypto Banking Framework: How Switzerland Regulates Digital Asset Banks
When Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority granted banking licences to SEBA Bank and Sygnum Bank in August 2019, it made a statement about …
Swiss Fintech Ecosystem 2026: Payments, Lending and the Insurtech Cluster
International commentary on Switzerland’s financial technology sector suffers from a pronounced case of tunnel vision. The story told most often is the …
Swiss Private Banking Outlook 2026: Consolidation, Digitalisation and the Crypto Shift
Swiss private banking enters 2026 carrying the weight of a structural reckoning that has been building for nearly a decade. The sector that once defined global …
FINMA Asset Management Licence: Requirements and Application Guide
The Swiss regulatory framework for asset management has undergone fundamental transformation with the implementation of the Swiss Financial Institutions Act …
FINMA Banking Licence Guide: Requirements, Process, and Key Considerations
The Swiss banking licence, granted by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), is one of the most respected financial authorisations in the …
FINMA Insurance Licence: Requirements for Swiss Insurance Authorisation
Switzerland’s insurance industry is among the most significant in the world, with the country serving as headquarters for several of the largest global …
FINMA: Definition, Role, and Powers of Switzerland's Financial Regulator
Definition
FINMA — the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht) — is the independent federal body responsible for the …
Swiss Fintech Sandboxes: Regulatory Testing Grounds for Innovation
Switzerland’s fintech sandbox regime provides a structured pathway for financial technology companies to test innovative business models without the full …
FINMA: Switzerland's Integrated Financial Regulator
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority — FINMA — supervises one of the world’s most complex and internationally significant financial systems …
Swiss Private Banking: How Switzerland Manages One-Third of Global Offshore Wealth
Switzerland manages approximately $3 trillion in offshore private banking assets — roughly one-third of all privately managed offshore wealth globally. This is …
The Credit Suisse Collapse: How Switzerland Lost Its Second Global Bank
On the evening of Sunday, 19 March 2023, UBS confirmed it had agreed to acquire Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion in UBS shares. Swiss government guarantees of up …
Sygnum Bank: Switzerland's Digital Asset Bank
Sygnum Bank was founded in 2018 and received its FINMA banking and securities dealer licence on the same day as AMINA Bank (then SEBA Bank) — 26 August 2019 — …
SEBA Bank (now AMINA Bank): The Pioneer Swiss Crypto Bank
On 26 August 2019, Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) granted banking and securities dealer licences to two newly formed …
Julius Baer: Switzerland's Pure-Play Wealth Manager
Julius Baer occupies a distinctive position in the Swiss private banking landscape. Unlike UBS, which operates as a universal bank with investment banking, …
UBS Private Bank: The World's Largest Wealth Manager
UBS is the largest wealth management institution in the world. This is not a marketing claim or a contested superlative — it is a measurable, regulatory fact. …
Switzerland vs Liechtenstein: Comparing Two Alpine Financial Centers
Liechtenstein occupies a unique position in European financial geography. A principality of 38,000 inhabitants nestled between Switzerland and Austria, it is …
Switzerland vs Singapore: The Global Battle for Offshore Wealth Management
The contest between Switzerland and Singapore for supremacy in global offshore wealth management is the defining narrative of twenty-first century private …
FINMA Licence Tracker: Swiss Financial Intermediary Registry 2025
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is the primary federal regulator responsible for supervising Switzerland’s banking, insurance, …
Swiss Private Banking AuM Tracker: Assets Under Management by Institution 2025
Switzerland retains its position as the world’s pre-eminent destination for cross-border wealth management, a status earned over two centuries of …