Required documents and data for Switzerland Cryptocurrency License
- Notarized KYC documents of each shareholder, beneficial owner and director not older than 3 months in English. If it’s not in English, a certified translation is required.
- Resume (CV), references, educational certificates for each shareholder, beneficial owner and director.
- Information of relevant background and experience of applicants.
- Copies of Swiss residence permits.
- Proof of source of wealth and source of funds.
- Original debt enforcement register extract (not older than 6 months).
- Declaration as to whether applicants hold the participation in question for their own account or on a fiduciary basis for a third party, and whether they have granted options or similar rights with respect to this participation.
- The proposed 3 company names in order of preference.
- Detailed information on company's organisational structure and equity.
- Detailed information on custody of customer deposits.
- Detailed description of business activities and processes and list of main and ancillary services.
- Business Plan and financial forecasts for the next 3 years.
- Operational policies (AML policy, business continuity policy, record-keeping policy, etc.).
- Internal company regulations.
- Business impact analysis and risk analysis.
- Overview of the IT and application landscape and internal system connections.
- Outsourcing contracts.
- Website address.
N.B.
- If Shareholders are legal persons, it is required to submit a full set of apostilled company documents. If a company is operating more than 1 year it is required to submit a certificate of Good Standing.
- If documents are not in English language or language of particular country, then they must be accompanied by a notarized translation.
- Additional documents may be requested by the Regulator at its discretion.