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The Swiss real estate sector faces significant regulatory changes with new beneficial ownership transparency and anti-money laundering obligations taking effect in October 2026. Geneva voters will decide on amendments to the LDTR in September 2026, while federal-level revisions to the Lex Koller continue to advance.

Lotta contro il riciclaggio di denaro: novità regolamentari e strumenti di contrasto all'uso abusivo delle criptovalute...

Université de Lausanne, CEDIDAC, Journée de droit pénal de l'entreprise...

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has great potential and is increasingly being used in different industries. Many legal challenges in connection with DLT do not differ from already known ones...

Last year, the Swiss Money Laundering Office (MROS) received a blatant message from one of its foreign partner organisations: two not-for profit organisations were holders of Swiss bank accounts whereby the beneficial owner of the bank accounts was suspected of terrorist activities.

On 26 August 2019, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA published the FINMA Guidance 02/2019 regarding payments on the blockchain (the "Guidance").

Université de Lausanne, CEDIDAC, Journée de droit pénal de l'entreprise...

Journée de droit pénal économique 2026 - 25 ans de lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent

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

Switzerland plans to tighten its anti-money laundering regulations to bring them in line with international standards.

Sanktionsverstösse bergen für Schweizer Unternehmen ein erhebliches Risiko. Neben Reputationsschäden und finanziellen Belastungen drohen strafrechtliche Konsequenzen sowohl für das Unternehmen als auch für dessen Mitarbeitende und Organe. Durch eine risikobasierte Compliance lassen sich diese Risiken deutlich vermindern.

The Swiss parliament passed into law last December the Act on the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force's Recommendations (FATF Implementation Act).

On 26 July 2024, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) published its FINMA Guidance 06/2024 on Stablecoins: risks and challenges for issuers of stablecoins and banks...

The sale of gift cards and prepaid cards is a common business model, particularly for kiosks and other retailers in Switzerland.

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The U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act 2020 ("AMLA") expands the ability of U.S. Authorities to request information from Swiss banks that use U.S. correspondent banks.

On July 1 2015, a new Swiss law entered into force, which implements the recommendations of the international Groupe d'action financière (GAFI) aimed at preventing money laundering and tax evasion.

The Federal Council intends to increase the transparency of legal entities with a new federal law and to extend due diligence and reporting obligations to other areas of risky activities.