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Swissquote Bank Europe obtains Luxembourg MiCA CASP licence

Read the item · published 2026-06-30 · updated 2026-10-22

Evidence

Confidence
Medium Main source is secondary, but primary evidence is attached (see sources).
Quote verified
2026-10-23 17:36 UTC
Archived snapshot
SHA-256 0007c4f36c75686c8de1fd226bb22c79a569a14e519d9ebcbd746414a245c921 · fetched 2026-10-23 · Wayback Machine copy ↗
Source type
Secondary Luxembourg for Finance ↗
Saved excerpt around the quote (source text, 2026-10-23)
… marketing purpose at any time by e-mail addressed at [email protected] . Stay up-to-date with the Luxembourg financial centre Registration successfully done News - 30.06.2026 Swissquote Bank Europe Obtains Luxembourg CASP License Ahead of MiCA Cutoff FinTech Swissquote Bank Europe SA has been granted a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license by Luxembourg's financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). The authorization took effect on June 5th, just under a month before the July 1, 2026 deadline marking the end of the eighteen-month transitional period that opened on December 30, 2024. Beyond that date, providers still operating under legacy natio …
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  11. 2026-10-22 Correction: Source type of the original source (Luxembourg for Finance) relabelled from Tier 2 institutional to secondary; ESMA interim MiCA register added as primary evidence of the CSSF authorisation; noted that the register date (24 April 2026) differs from the reported 5 June 2026 effective date; ‘more than forty crypto-assets’ attributed and flagged as unconfirmed.Reason: Editorial review: the authorisation claim relied on a promotion-agency write-up where a regulator record was available. Status unchanged (authorised).

Verified quotes

  • “Swissquote Bank Europe SA has been granted a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license by Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).”

String-matched against https://www.luxembourgforfinance.com/en/news/swissquote-bank-europe-obtains-luxembourg-casp-license-ahead-of-mica-cutoff/ by scripts/verify.mjs before every deploy.

Additional evidence

AI-drafted; evidence upgraded 2026-10-22 from a promotion-agency write-up to the ESMA register (primary); quotes string-matched by scripts/verify.mjs · AI-assisted