Swissquote (Switzerland)

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Overview

Swissquote is Switzerland's largest online bank + leading European online broker + SIX: SQN + 600k+ clients + Swissquote Crypto + Swissquote Forex + Swissquote Robo-Advisor + Swissquote Bank UK Ltd FCA-regulated ^{1, Switzerland report}.

History

1996 — Swissquote founded by Marc Bürki + Paolo Buzzi in Gland, Switzerland as Swiss online broker.

May 29 2000 — Swissquote SIX IPO under ticker SQN distinctive Swiss online broker listing.

2010 — Swissquote Swiss banking license + Swissquote Bank Ltd Swiss banking subsidiary.

2010 — Swissquote Mobile Banking + Mobile Trading app launch.

2017 — Swissquote launches Swissquote Crypto - one of first regulated European banks to offer cryptocurrency trading.

2024 — Swissquote Bank UK Ltd FCA-regulated subsidiary launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Swissquote Group Holding Ltd (SIX: SQN; Switzerland's largest online bank + leading European online broker).

Major shareholders: Marc Bürki (co-founder + CEO) + Paolo Buzzi (co-founder) + Norges Bank + retail + institutional + foreign investors.

Regulators: FINMA Switzerland + FCA UK.

Technical integration

Swissquote mobile app (iOS + Android; 600k+ clients) + swissquote.com online + Swissquote Visa debit card + Swissquote Bank Ltd Swiss banking + Swissquote Bank UK Ltd FCA-regulated subsidiary; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + TWINT (Switzerland); Swissquote Crypto + Swissquote Forex + Swissquote Robo-Advisor.

Implementations & partners

Major Swiss online banking + online broker + crypto competitors: UBS (post-Credit Suisse acquisition) (UBS Group; SIX: UBSG; world's largest wealth manager + UBS Quotes) + PostFinance (Switzerland) (Swiss Post PostFinance; Switzerland's #5 retail bank by customers; TWINT founding member) + Interactive Brokers (IBKR) (Interactive Brokers; NASDAQ: IBKR; institutional + advanced retail) + Saxo Bank (Saxo Bank Danish online broker + investment platform) + Bitcoin Suisse (Bitcoin Suisse Swiss crypto financial services) + Sygnum Bank (Sygnum Bank Swiss crypto bank) + SEBA Bank (SEBA Bank now AMINA Bank Swiss crypto bank).

Regulators: FINMA Switzerland + FCA UK.

Status

Active, Switzerland's largest online bank + leading European online broker + 600k+ clients + Swissquote Crypto + Swissquote Forex + Swissquote Robo-Advisor + Swissquote Bank UK Ltd FCA-regulated ^{1, 2}.

Sources

1 Swissquote — official
2 Swissquote — Wikipedia
^{Switzerland report} In-corpus: reports/countries/CH-switzerland.md

Source

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