Tagged: financial markets supervisory authority

November 1, 2021 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Urban Angehrn has moved into the CEO role at the Swiss financial services regulator FINMA (Financial Markets Supervisory Authority). Angern replaced Mark Branson who took over the leadership of German finance regulator BaFin. The transition was initially revealed this past summer. Angehrn issued the following… Read More

July 31, 2020 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

SEBA Bank AG, a bank that is regulated and licensed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), has completed two independent audits in relation to existing processes and controls. SEBA Bank is a digital asset focused firm that offers an “institutional-grade solution for digital… Read More

May 6, 2020 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Libra Association, founded by Facebook to create a global payments cryptocurrency, has announced the selection of Stuart Levey as its first CEO. Levey will step into the leadership position from HSBC, a global bank with 235,000 employees across 64 countries. Levey is currently serving… Read More

August 26, 2019 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Swiss Financial Markets Authority (FINMA) has approved SEBA Crypto AG for a banking and securities license. SEBA joins Sygnum in becoming the first digital asset platforms to receive such a license. As with Sygnum, the license is provisional and will become finalized once SEBA… Read More