Evidence record
Swiss Federal Council opens consultation on new licences for stablecoin issuers and crypto-institutions
Read the item · published 2025-10-22
Evidence
- Confidence
- High Primary source (regulator / official record); quote string-matched against the live page.
- Quote verified
- 2026-10-23 21:22 UTC
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- Source type
- Primary Swiss Federal Council ↗
Change log (3)
- 2026-10-24 Switzerland jurisdiction: CH items/deadlines tagged 'Switzerland' (was 'Global'), feed filter + flag, FINMA mapped to Switzerland (entity -> CH page, not EU), C (6f838df)
- 2026-10-24 Verify run (deploy): verifiedAt refresh, verify snapshots (c2a86c2)
- 2026-10-24 Jurisdictions: 5 verified Tier 1/2 items (CH Federal Council stablecoin/crypto licence consultation, BNM DAIH ringgit stablecoins + tokenised deposits, FSCA CAS (52685db)
Verified quotes
“Against this background, the Federal Council is proposing two new licence categories.”
“During its meeting on 22 October 2025, the Federal Council initiated the consultation on an amendment to the Financial Institutions Act.”
“Payment instrument institutions will be allowed to issue a special type of stablecoin.”
“In addition, the existing CHF 100 million limit on taking client deposits will be removed, which should allow these institutions to grow and take advantage of economies of scale.”
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