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Die Schweiz bzw. die schweizerischen Finanzinstitute tauschen mit über 100 Staaten, darunter alle wichtigen Finanzzentren, Informationen über Finanzkonten aus (Automatischer Informationsaustausch kurz "AIA").

Switzerland has not enacted specific legislation governing the provision of custody services for crypto assets. As a result, Swiss financial market laws applicable to custody services...

The shift to digital is set to give insurance services a significant boost, providing customers with more personalised insurance choices and lowering the risk of fraud in the process.

Swiss banking remains a core part of Switzerland's economy and its international financial centre.

Switzerland’s financial-technology sector runs on data — and since the revised Federal Act on Data Protection took effect, the rules for handling that data have become materially stricter. This article sets out what FinTech providers operating in or into Switzerland need to know, how the data protection regime works in practice, and how it dovetails with the financial-market rules supervised by FINMA

Regulatory Restraint, Legal Complexity and Strategic Positioning...

So called Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO") as a new fundraising mechanisms in which new projects sell their underlying crypto tokens in exchange for e.g. Bitcoin or Ether

The completion of the implementation of the Financial Services Act ("FinSA") and the Financial Institutions Act ("FinIA") represents the conclusion of the large-scale overhaul of the Swiss...

On 1 October 2026, the revised Anti-Money Laundering Act and the new Transparency Act enter into force. For banks, the new federal register of beneficial owners is mainly an additional data source.

Please provide a high-level overview of the blockchain market in your jurisdiction. In what business or public sectors are you seeing blockchain or other distributed ledger technologies being adopted?

In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008/2009, Switzerland launched a massive overhaul of its financial regulations, in pursuit of several objectives.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) published guidance on how to apply Swiss financial markets laws in the context of Swiss ICOs.

The Swiss Federal Council continues aligning the Swiss sanctions regime to the EU sanctions against Russia. On August 31, 2022, the Swiss Federal Council implemented the remaining technical EU maintenance...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has opened a consultation on a proposed revision of its Circular 2016/7 on video and online identification (the Circular)...

The tokenisation of real assets is revolutionising the financial industry and other sectors by offering new forms of investment and asset management.

In addition to regulatory challenges, aiming to limit the risk of fraud, a TGE also leads to new tax related questions.

Switzerland’s sector-specific, technology-neutral approach to AI – from FINMA Guidance 08/2024 to the Council of Europe AI Convention – mapped against the operational reality of Swiss FinTech.

As FinTech companies increasingly expand across European markets, they encounter a regulatory landscape that demands both strategic sophistication and operational discipline.