{"id":73403,"date":"2026-05-28T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73403\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:37:38","slug":"sequence-secures-finma-fintech-license-in-switzerland-fintech-schweiz-digital-finance-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73403\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequence Secures FINMA Fintech License in Switzerland &#8211; Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox<\/p>\n<p>Sequence SA has secured a fintech license from the <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ch\/tag\/swiss-financial-market-supervisory-authority-finma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)<\/a>, becoming one of only five institutions in Switzerland to hold the regulatory approval.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss law firm Kellerhals Carrard, which advised the company on the application, announced the regulatory milestone on Wednesday (May 27).<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s legal team handled the structuring, documentation, and regulatory liaison required to secure the final approval.<\/p>\n<p>The FINMA fintech license, granted under Article 1b of the Banking Act, allows institutions to accept public deposits of up to CHF 100 million or crypto-based assets.<\/p>\n<p>Under the framework, firms cannot invest these funds or pay interest on them, creating a tailored regulatory path for digital and financial innovators outside the traditional banking system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Blas-Pegenaute.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83750 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Blas-Pegenaute-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Blas Pegenaute\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/><\/a>Blas Pegenaute<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecuring the fintech license is a key moment for Sequence and for the Swiss fintech ecosystem,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>said Blas Pegenaute, CEO of Sequence.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the legal advisory team provided a combination of regulatory insight and pragmatic guidance throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p>Sequence joins four other Swiss companies that currently hold the specific fintech authorisation, highlighting the rigorous requirements of the application framework.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image credit: Edited by Fintech News Switzerland, based on image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-photo\/store-blur-background-with-bokeh_40272724.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">leungchopan<\/a> via Magnific<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Sequence SA has secured&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[13835,38778,5251,17],"class_list":["post-73403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-finma","tag-sequence","tag-swiss-financial-market-supervisory-authority-finma","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116651533861704200","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}