Press releases

Thomas Hirschi has decided to leave the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA effective 31 August 2025. The Head of the Banks division will pursue a new career outside FINMA. FINMA’s Board ...

On 3 July 2025, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA launched the consultations on the new Ordinances on the Risk Diversification of Banks and Securities Firms and on the Liquidity of ...

At its meeting on 25 June 2025, the Federal Council was informed of the resignation of Rene W. Keller from the Board of Directors of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. 

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will resume processing applications from FINMA supervised Swiss entities who want to conduct business as Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) in the USA.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) supports the parameters presented by the Federal Council for the preparation of the draft consultation on amendments to the Banking Act. In particular, ...

The uncertainties associated with real estate and mortgages continue to be among the principal risks facing the Swiss financial centre. Credit default risk and property valuation risk in particular are ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has conducted a survey of around 400 Swiss financial institutions on their use of artificial intelligence (AI). Whether in the form of chatbots such ...

At its annual media conference today, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA once again drew attention to the importance of independent, preventive and effective supervision. In its review ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is today announcing an adjustment to its organisation. It is creating a new cross-divisional function for “Integrated Risk Expertise” and merging ...

Birgit Rutishauser has decided to leave the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA on 30 April 2025. After almost nine years, the Deputy CEO and Head of the Insurance division is embarking ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is today publishing the new Circular 2025/4 “Consolidated supervision of financial groups under the BA and FinIA”. This sets out its supervisory practice ...

FINMA has licensed the first DLT trading facility to date. The DLT trading facility operated by BX Digital allows DLT securities to be traded. The licence was granted on the basis of the DLT Act.

Since the beginning of 2020, portfolio managers and trustees operating on a commercial basis have needed a licence. When the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA) came into force, most institutions subject ...

On 4 March 2025 the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA opened bankruptcy proceedings against the FinTech start-up SWISS4.0 SA. This measure was necessary as there was justified concern ...

In 2020, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA found that invoices in the supplementary health insurance sector are often lacking in transparency and in some cases appear to be unjustifiably ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority acknowledges the report published today by the Parliamentary Investigation Committee into the CS crisis. In particular, it welcomes the recommendation made ...

The Federal Council has elected Aline Darbellay to the Board of Directors of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. From 1 January 2025, the renowned expert in financial market law will ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is today publishing its guidance on governance and risk management when using artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance draws attention to the risks ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is today publishing its new “Nature-related financial risks” circular. It is thus clarifying its supervisory practice on the management of climate- ...

In connection with the distribution of its financial market products by some distributors abroad, the Leonteq financial group (LTQ) has seriously breached its risk management obligations and the obligations ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is today publishing the completely revised FINMA Circular “Liquidity – insurers” (FINMA Circ. 25/3). It is thus adapting its practice to the revised ...

FINMA is setting out its supervisory practice on key aspects of interpretation in the new circular on the Financial Services Act FinSA. This will create transparency and legal certainty as well as a comparable ...

The period for switching health insurers is in full swing, and unsolicited marketing calls are still part and parcel of it. Cold calling in the area of health insurance has been banned for all insurance ...

In its 2024 Risk Monitor, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has identified nine significant principal risks for the financial sector. It derives its supervisory focus from these. In ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has today published its strategic goals for the period from 2025 to 2028. These provide long-term guidance for the authority. The four goals relate ...