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VASP Compliance Summary — SwissBorg

SwissBorg SA · Broker · Switzerland

Exported 2026-08-25
Data reviewed 2026-07-31

Overview

Compliance snapshot

Overall regulatory statusAuthorized
EU MiCA statusMiCA authorized
  • MiCA CASP authorization — AMF, France — EU/EEA passporting live
  • Swiss self-regulatory organisation membership (VQF) under FINMA oversight
  • Trustpilot 4.0/5 · 5,600 reviews
  • Third-party staking partner exploit in September 2025 (users reimbursed)

Medium concern

Swiss SRO membership plus a French MiCA authorization, but a 2025 partner-side exploit and yield-product complexity keep concern above the lowest band.

Authorizations

Licenses & registrations

JurisdictionRegulatorAuthorizationStatusReferenceGranted
FranceAutorité des marchés financiers
AMF · https://www.amf-france.org/en
MiCA CASP authorizationAuthorizedC-FR-2025-00272025-05-06
SwitzerlandSwiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (via VQF SRO)
FINMA · https://www.finma.ch/en/finma-public/authorised-institutions-individuals-and-products/
SRO membership — financial intermediaryRegisteredVQF-1011582018-02-14
EstoniaFinancial Intelligence Unit (former VASP licensor; transferred to Finantsinspektsioon end-2024)
FIU · https://fiu.ee/en/authorisation-economic-activity/authorisation-economic-activity
Virtual currency service provider licence (legacy regime)RevokedFVT0003122019-04-08

Reputation

Reputation scores

Trustpilot-style score4.0 / 5
Reviews5,600
App Store4.5
Google Play4.2
12-month trenddown
Press sentiment (12m)+3 / ~3 / −3

Media

Recent press

DateSourceHeadline & summarySentiment
2026-06-26ReutersSwiss platform completes EU licensing
The firm began passporting services across the EEA.
Positive
2026-03-24CoinDeskYield product terms revised after review
Risk disclosures were expanded for earn strategies.
Neutral
2025-09-09BloombergPartner exploit hits staking programme
A third-party provider was compromised; the firm covered user losses.
Negative
2025-06-12Financial TimesSwiss crypto firms court EU passports
Several Swiss platforms sought EU authorization for market access.
Neutral

Risk events

Incidents & enforcement

DateTypeAmountDescription
2025-09-08HackUSD 41,500,000Exploit at a third-party staking partner affected a portion of Solana staked balances; users were reimbursed.
2023-04-19Outage—App unavailability for around three hours during an infrastructure migration.

Profile

Key facts

Founded2017
Websiteswissborg.com
Fiat currenciesEUR, CHF, GBP
Proof of reservesPartial
Custody modelMulti-custodian model with third-party qualified custodians
Legal entitiesSwissBorg SA (CH) · SwissBorg Solutions SAS (FR) · SwissBorg Ltd (UK)
DirectorySwissBorg
SwissBorg logo

SwissBorg

AuthorizedMiCA authorizedESMA register

SwissBorg SA

Broker🇨🇭 Switzerland Founded 2017swissborg.com
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Last reviewed
2026-07-31
OverviewLicensesReputationPressIncidents

Compliance snapshot

  • MiCA CASP authorization — AMF, France — EU/EEA passporting live
  • Swiss self-regulatory organisation membership (VQF) under FINMA oversight
  • Trustpilot 4.0/5 · 5,600 reviews
  • Third-party staking partner exploit in September 2025 (users reimbursed)
Overall concern
Medium concern

Swiss SRO membership plus a French MiCA authorization, but a 2025 partner-side exploit and yield-product complexity keep concern above the lowest band.

Regulatory

Licenses & registrations

JurisdictionRegulatorAuthorizationStatusReferenceGranted
🇫🇷 FranceAutorité des marchés financiersAMFMiCA CASP authorizationAuthorizedC-FR-2025-00272025-05-06
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSwiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (via VQF SRO)FINMASRO membership — financial intermediaryRegisteredVQF-1011582018-02-14
🇪🇪 EstoniaFinancial Intelligence Unit (former VASP licensor; transferred to Finantsinspektsioon end-2024)FIUVirtual currency service provider licence (legacy regime)RevokedFVT0003122019-04-08
  • 🇫🇷 France
    Authorized
    MiCA CASP authorization
    Autorité des marchés financiersAMF
    C-FR-2025-00272025-05-06
    Verify at source
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland
    Registered
    SRO membership — financial intermediary
    Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (via VQF SRO)FINMA
    VQF-1011582018-02-14
    Verify at source
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
    Revoked
    Virtual currency service provider licence (legacy regime)
    Financial Intelligence Unit (former VASP licensor; transferred to Finantsinspektsioon end-2024)FIU
    FVT0003122019-04-08
    Verify at source
User signals

Reputation

Trustpilot-style score
4.0/ 5
4.0
5,600 reviews
Declining (12m)
App ratings
App Store
4.5
Google Play
4.2
Press sentiment (12m)
Positive3
Neutral3
Negative3
Media

Recent press

  • 2026-06-26
    Swiss platform completes EU licensingPositive

    Reuters — The firm began passporting services across the EEA.

  • 2026-03-24
    Yield product terms revised after reviewNeutral

    CoinDesk — Risk disclosures were expanded for earn strategies.

  • 2025-09-09
    Partner exploit hits staking programmeNegative

    Bloomberg — A third-party provider was compromised; the firm covered user losses.

  • 2025-06-12
    Swiss crypto firms court EU passportsNeutral

    Financial Times — Several Swiss platforms sought EU authorization for market access.

History

Incidents & enforcement

  1. 2025-09-08HackUSD 41,500,000

    Exploit at a third-party staking partner affected a portion of Solana staked balances; users were reimbursed.

  2. 2023-04-19Outage

    App unavailability for around three hours during an infrastructure migration.

Entity

Key facts

CMC rank
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Fiat currencies
EUR, CHF, GBP
Proof of reserves
Partial
Custody model
Multi-custodian model with third-party qualified custodians
Legal entities
  • SwissBorg SA (CH)
  • SwissBorg Solutions SAS (FR)
  • SwissBorg Ltd (UK)
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