Buy a Swiss SRO Company Now: The Crypto and Payment Door Is Closing
Today, in Switzerland, you can run a crypto or payment business without a FINMA licence. You need a company, a compliance officer and an…
Category: Swiss FINMA Licences
Geneva or Zug for Your Fintech? Tax, Banks, Talent and the Crypto Valley Legend
Should you set up your fintech in Geneva or in Zug? Founders ask me this as if the answer were a matter of regulation.…
Can You Pay the Capital of a Swiss Company in Bitcoin? Yes, But Not the Way You Think
Can you set up a Swiss company and pay its capital in bitcoin? Yes. Swiss founders have been doing it since 2017, and the…
The Swiss Fintech Sandbox in 2026: CHF 1 Million of Client Money, No Banking Licence. What Is the Catch?
Can you take money from clients in Switzerland without a banking licence? Yes, up to CHF 1 million, and Bern wrote it into the…
Swiss Trust: The Swiss Trust Company That Does Not Exist
Looking for a Swiss trust or a Swiss trust company? Swiss law has no trust. Here is what exists instead: SRO companies, FINMA licences,…
Stablecoins in Switzerland and the EU: The Complete FintechLex Guide
The complete FintechLex series on stablecoin regulation in Switzerland and the EU, in reading order: rules, licences, economics and traps.
Stablecoins Across the Swiss–EU Border: USDT and USDC Coming In, Swiss Coins Going Out
USDT is leaving EU platforms but stays legal in Switzerland, while a Swiss franc stablecoin cannot simply be sold into the EU. How the…
Why a Swiss Franc Stablecoin Is a Hard Business: The Zero-Rate Problem
Everyone wants the Swiss franc on-chain. The demand is real; the economics are not. With the Swiss National Bank at 0%, the reserve of…
Switzerland vs the EU: Which Swiss Licence Matches Which European Licence?
Switzerland is creating two new licences. Side by side with the EMI, MiCA and stablecoin rules: what matches, what has no equivalent, and what…
Switzerland’s Two New Licences: What Goes to the Payment Licence, What Goes to the Crypto Licence, and What Is Left for the SRO
Two new Swiss licences are coming. What belongs to the payment instrument institution, what belongs to the crypto institution, and what a crypto business…
