Bank (cantonal bank) · Switzerland
St.Galler Kantonalbank
St.Galler Kantonalbank AG · sgkb.ch (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-09
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 24.5 | Live — restricted / specific counterparties · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 15 | Live — restricted / specific counterparties · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
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Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · Switzerland
St.Galler Kantonalbank: Bitcoin and Ether custody and trading via SEBA (now AMINA) Bank
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Live — restricted / specific counterparties2023-11-02
- commercial
- Live — restricted / specific counterparties2023-11-02
St.Galler Kantonalbank, Switzerland’s fifth-largest cantonal bank, went live on 2 November 2023 with custody and trading of Bitcoin and Ether for a select group of clients through a partnership with SEBA Bank (now AMINA Bank), according to the partner’s release.
Scope: Switzerland; selected clients.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-09
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
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- AMINA Bank · named role (tracker) · custody and brokerage provider
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): Switzerland
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2023-11-02 · Status
SGKB service live for selected clients (partner release).
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