Finma

20 results about this entity

Period: 18 Mar 2016 - 29 Jul 2024

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Finma publishes guidance on stablecoins

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA today published guidance on the issuance of stablecoins.

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Swiss watchdog winds up challenger bank FlowBank

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma) is opening bankruptcy proceedings against investment banking challenger FlowBank following serious and repeated breaches of its capital requirements.

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Global regulators form asset tokenisation policy forum

Financial regulators from the UK, Singapore, Switzerland and Japan are collaborating on a new project to explore fund and asset tokenisation use cases and decentralised finance.

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SIX Digital Exchange receives FINMA approval

Today, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) formally received the FINMA go-ahead to operate a stock exchange and a central securities depository for digital assets in Switzerland.

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Libra begins journey to regulatory support with multi-currency model

Libra Association, responsible for the digital coin unveiled by Facebook last year, has applied for a payment system license from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), with significant changes made to the project that was met with widespread criticism last year.

Finma updates stable coin guidance as Facebook's Libra hovers into view

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency has applied for guidance on obtaining a payment licence from Swiss regulator Finma, prompting the financial watchdog to update its rulebook on the treatment of stable coin projects.

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Finma publishes Fintech Licence guidelines

From 2019, interested parties can apply for the new FinTech licence.

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Crypto Fund secures fund management authorisation from Finma

Crypto Fund AG, a subsidiary of Crypto Finance AG, is now the first and only crypto company to receive authorisation from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA under the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act CISA.

#MetaHash utility token recognised by Finma

The #MetaHash team is proud to announce that it has successfully passed the review of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and received a legal conclusion according to which the #MetaHashCoin (#MHC) is officially recognised as the utility token with payment functions.

Crypto Funds wins Finma authorisation

Crypto Fund AG receives the FINMA license as a distributor of collective investment schemes and gains the opportunity to distribute funds to qualified investors.

Finma: Cyber attacks are the biggest operational hazard facing the financial sector

Swiss supervisory watchdog Finma has identified cyber security risks as it chief policy concern for 2018.

Swiss watchdog tweaks digital onboarding rules

Swiss financial markets regulator Finma has updated its rules for digital client onboarding to reflect advances in technology such as the ability to authenticate a user with a "selfie with liveness detection".