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On 10 September 2020, the Swiss Council of States (the small chamber of Swiss parliament) unanimously resolved to approve the new Federal Act on the Adaptation of Federal Law to Developments

Switzerland continues to offer a friendly environment for compa nies in the fast-growing fintech sector.

The beginning of 2019 saw the introduction of a new regulatory licence category into Swiss law with the aim of facilitating ...

Implementation of the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) in Switzerland...

On 16 February 2018, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has published guidelines for enquiries regarding the regulatory framework for initial coin offerings.

Switzerland offers a friendly environment for companies in the fintech sector. According to a market study, a total of 483 fintech companies were active in Switzerland...

Switzerland was one of the first countries to implement the Travel Rule in its jurisdiction through the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

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Bitcoin, Tokens, ICO, Blockchain, Mining – Die Begriffe rund um Kryptowährungen sind in aller Munde.

Please describe the types of fintech businesses that are active in your jurisdiction and the state of the development of the market, including in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ESG...

Le 19 février 2025, le Conseil fédéral a transmis au Parlement le message concernant le projet d'extension de l'échange international automatique...

Der Bundesrat hat die Bestimmungen der Bankenverordnung ("BankV") über die gewerbsmässige Entgegennahme von Publikumseinlagen einer Revision unterzogen. Zum Einen wird in der BankV neu festgehalten ...

L'année 2017 a été celle de l'émission de nouvelles monnaies cryptographiques. L'attrait de la Suisse pour ces Initial Coin Offering (« ICO ») a été démontré ces derniers mois en comparaison...

Am 15. Mai 2024 hat der Bundesrat das Vernehmlassungsverfahren zur Erweiterung des internationalen automatischen Informationsaustauschs in Steuersachen ("AIA")...

The beginning of 2019 saw the introduction of a new regulatory licence category into Swiss law with the aim of facilitating or enabling novel business models ...

As a third country, Switzerland is obliged neither by a bilateral nor by a multilateral agreement to transpose EU secondary law in the field of financial services. The bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the EU do not contain a market access agreement for financial services. PSD3 and PSR will therefore have no direct effect in Switzerland. Swiss payment service providers are primarily governed by Swiss law

Switzerland has a liberal economic system, political stability, excellent infrastructure, a high standard of living, and a competitive tax system.