Switzerland To Introduce New Banking License For Fintech Startups
Although the draft for these new regulations has yet to be created, the government is hopeful they can shake up the Swiss banking sector. Regulation is always a double-edged blade. On the one hand, guidelines can help legalize new currencies and financial tools. At the same time, these rules can nip innovation in the bud at a very early stage. Switzerland wants to ease up on fintech regulation, which is excellent news for Bitcoin activity in the country. New rules have been proposed by the Swiss government to encourage fintech startups in the country. By easing these regulatory guidelines,....
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Switzerland’s Federal Council – a seven-member group that serves as the country’s head of government – began consulting amendments to the country’s Banking Act and Banking Ordinance when it comes to financial technology on the 1st of February. The goal is to reduce market entry barriers for Fintech firms, and to enhance the Swiss financial center’s competitiveness. The country’s Federal Council had in the past outlined its Fintech-friendly agenda, in which the Federal Department of Finance (FDF) was instructed to prepare a consolation draft that would make it easier for Fintech companies....
With the banking license, this will give N26 the ability to access the entire EU instead of the handful of countries it originally operated in, as an EU licensed bank. Originally, they relied on Wirecard, a German banking platform. Launching its app back in 2015, N26 or formerly NUMBER26 has around 200,000 users on its mobile banking app for them to be able to open bank accounts, transfer and even deposit/withdraw using an ATM or CASH26 locations. Adding features. Valentin Stalf, founder and CEO of N26 states: “This [banking license] will allow us to significantly enhance the diversity of....
Its national railway service may have already jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon, but Switzerland is taking a slower approach as it looks to regulate digital currencies and fintech. Days after Swiss rail operator SBB made international headlines for the decision to sell bitcoin through its network of ticket kiosks, the country’s Federal Department of Finance (FDF) outlined its plans to regulate fintech with an eye to introduce legislation sometime next year. Key elements include plans for a new kind of license geared specifically toward fintech companies and a so-called regulatory “sandbox”....
But Bitcoin Suisse still has "many options on the table," says the firm's CEO. Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority — the country's principal financial regulator — has denied Bitcoin Suisse's application for a banking license. According to an official announcement on March 17, Bitcoin Suisse's current application is ineligible for approval on the grounds that "various elements that are relevant under licensing law make it unlikely that a license will be granted."The regulator said that it has withdrawn Bitcoin Suisse's application for a banking license and terminated the....
Fintech Fusion calls themselves “the Swiss Fintech Factory.” The startup incubator wants to provide new businesses in the financial tech sector with opportunities to accelerate their operations. They are calling for applications for their 2015 class, which will be their first. Interested fintech startups will have until June 15 to hand in applications. CoinTelegraph held an exclusive interview with Sébastien Flury, the incubator’s program director. CoinTelegraph: Why do you believe in the future of fintech enterprises? “Banks have to reinvent themselves in the face of technology. They have....