Switzerland: ordinances

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Title	Abbreviation	SR number	Key provisions for digital assets
Banking Ordinance	BankO; BankV	SR 952.02	Art. 5 (deposits; exclusions), Art. 6 (sandbox exemption), Art. 5a (settlement accounts), Art. 14a ff. (fintech licence requirements).
Financial Institutions Ordinance	FinIO; FINIV	SR 954.11	Art. 19 ff. (portfolio managers and trustees), Art. 23 ff. (organisation), Art. 48 ff. (securities firms).
Financial Services Ordinance	FinSO; FIDLEV	SR 950.11	Art. 3 (financial instruments), Art. 43 ff. (prospectus), Art. 80 ff. (key information document).
Financial Market Infrastructure Ordinance	FinMIO; FinfraV	SR 958.11	Art. 58a ff. (DLT trading facilities), Art. 58f ff. (small DLT trading facilities).
Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance	CISO; KKV	SR 951.311	Art. 126a ff. (L-QIF), Art. 6 ff. (qualified investors).
Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance	AMLO; GwV	SR 955.01	Art. 2 ff. (financial intermediaries; exemptions), Art. 4 (payment services and means of payment), Art. 51a (threshold for exchange transactions).
FINMA Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance	AMLO-FINMA; GwV-FINMA	SR 955.033.0	Art. 10 (information in payment orders; travel rule), Art. 11 (simplified due diligence), Art. 13 ff. (risk categories), Art. 51a (crypto thresholds).
Ordinance on Measures in Connection with the Situation in Ukraine	Ukraine Ordinance; Ukraine-Verordnung	SR 946.231.176.72	Art. 28d (prohibition of crypto wallet, account and custody services for Russian persons), Art. 15 ff. (asset freezes), reporting duties.
Ordinance on the Adaptation of Federal Law to Developments in DLT (DLT Ordinance)	DLT-Verordnung	AS 2021 400	Amending ordinance; implemented the DLT Act in the BankO, FinMIO, AMLO and other ordinances from 1 August 2021.
Ordinance on the International Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters	AEOIO; AIAV	SR 653.11	Implementation of the CRS and, from 2027 at the earliest, the CARF reporting rules for crypto-asset service providers.
Goods Control Ordinance	GCO; GKV	SR 946.202.1	Export control of dual-use items including cryptographic hardware and software; Part F.

For general information only. This article does not constitute legal or tax advice, does not replace advice on an individual case and creates no lawyer-client relationship. It reflects the legal position as of October 2026.

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