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Switzerland drafts tighter rules to combat money laundering

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 01 Sep 2023

Switzerland has drafted new rules to tighten its money laundering regulations, holding lawyers and consultants accountable for reporting risks and improving oversight of legal entities.

fraud management, fraud detection, money laundering, fraud prevention, financial crime

New beneficial ownership regulations will fight financial crime, but not without a burden on banks

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 17 Nov 2022

Dr. Henry Balani from Encompass Corporation reveals the latest regulatory updates around beneficial ownership across the globe and shares advice on how to comply with them.

regulation, financial crime

Switzerland expands AML regulations around crypto

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 08 Nov 2022

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has issued an anti-money laundering (AML) ordinance that enforces identity checks for reporting certain cryptocurrency transactions.

regulation, AML, AMLD6, money laundering, cryptocurrency

Swiss govt to track corporate ownership in fight against money-laundering

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 18 Oct 2022

The Swiss government has planned to create a central registry to track who owns legal entities in a move to fight money-laundering via shell companies.

AML, fraud prevention, compliance, financial crime

Pandora Papers aftermath: Media coverage analysis of top regulatory concerns

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 06 Oct 2021

The Paypers sheds light on the most relevant media coverage of the recent Pandora Papers leak, to see what the impact of the story is on global AML and financial regulation and the true implication (or lack thereof) of crypto in the whole discussion

Switzerland adopts new blockchain and DLT rules 

News | Cryptocurrencies | 21 Jun 2021

The Swiss Federal Council has announced adopting new rules for blockchain and the distributed ledger technology industry (DLT).

cryptocurrency, regulation, blockchain, distributed ledger technology

Digital bank Yapeal receives fintech license in Switzerland

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 18 Mar 2020

Digital bank Yapeal has received the first fintech license in Switzerland.

Financial Market Supervisory Authority, Yapeal, digital bank, Switzerland, Swiss Parliament, fintech, financial technology, FINMA

Poll suggests Switzerland wants state-run eID system

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 28 May 2019

The majority of Swiss people appear to have rejected a decision by the government and parliament to hand control of a national eID scheme to the private sector.

Swiss, Switzerland, state-run eID, eID system, poll, signatures, government, Parliament, electronic identities

Swiss financial regulator to propose looser AML rules for fintechs

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 29 Aug 2018

FINMA, a Switzerland-based financial regulator, has announced plans to loosen anti-money laundering rules for smaller financial technology companies, according to Reuters.

FINMA, AML, Switzerland, fintech, banking, money laundering, fraud prevention, Europe

Switzerland: regulators prevent Bitcoin ATM launch

News | Online Payments | 09 Jun 2014

Bitcoin Suisse AG, a Switzerland-based digital finance broker and bitcoin ATM operator, has announced that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority banned the company’s launch of a new Bitcoin ATM in Zurich, coindesk.com cites.

Switzerland, regulators, Bitcoin, ATM, digital currency, crypto-currency, online payments, Lamassu