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On 22 October 2025, the Swiss Federal Council opened a consultation on a proposed amendment to the Financial Institutions Act (the FinIA).

Fintech is currently a hot topic in many jurisdictions, particularly when it comes to facilitating innovation in that area from a regulatory perspective.

The Swiss Parliament adopted the Financial Institutions Act (FinSA) and the Financial Services Act

Distributed ledger technology ("DLT") and blockchain technology as a subset of DLT are considered by many to offer a significant potential for innovation ...

This week, the Swiss federal goverment launched a draft legislation for consultation with interested parties which aims at easing the strict banking and financial market rules otherwise applicable to Fintech companies.

It lies in the nature of the blockchain technology that the control and securing of blockchain transactions have a non-proprietary character.

As of today, the legislators has not yet made a clear statement or issued an official opinion regarding the accounting treatment of cryptocurrencies.

On 22 October 2025, the Federal Council launched a consultation on amendments to Swiss financial market laws aimed at improving the regulatory framework for stablecoins and other crypto-assets, while ensuring financial...

Each one of the many ICOs on which we have advised or are advising have their own peculiarities and different treatment.

In a change of practice, the Federal Tax Administration recognizes the entrepreneurial nature of foundations and associations in the crypto sector for VAT purposes.

On 12 January 2026, FINMA published Guidance 01/2026 on the custody of crypto-based assets, setting out supervisory expectations aimed at strengthening client and investor protection in Switzerland's growing crypto market.

On July 5 2017, the Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat) amended the Swiss Federal Banking Ordinance to ease the Swiss regulatory framework for providers of innovative financial technologies (fintech).

Blockchain technology has become a reality as part of the digitalisation of the economy.

On August 1, 2017 the first part of Switzerland's new FinTech rules will enter into force. The following provides an overview of the changes.

In practice, it ought to be observed that taxable individuals are repeatedly confronted with the same difficulties when it comes to the correct completion of the Securities Directory.

While other regulators are still in "wait and see" mode, on 16 February 2018, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA published guidelines on initial coin offerings (ICOs)...

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) – the blockchain-based issuance of tokens or crypto-currencies for the purpose of fundraising – are a hot topic at the moment.

As the distribution and allocation of tokens in an ICO is not explicitly regulated, token issuers can decide on what terms they want to allocate their tokens.