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CH-R-00003-0

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Legal name: Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA
Country: Switzerland
Type: Regulator
Founded: 2009
Head: Marlene Amstad (Präsidentin des Verwaltungsrats); Stefan Walter (Direktor)
Claim: Not claimed by the organisation
Last verified: 1 March 2026

1 of 5 layers verified

Origin Partly verified
Control Not yet verified
Money Not yet verified
Channels Verified
Networks Nothing disclosed

Transparency

Open

6 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.

Legal name on record, not yet checked
Who leads it on record, not yet checked
How it is funded on record, not yet checked
Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
Public contact address on record, not yet checked
Official websites and accounts verified

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Who is it?

Origin

Partly verified

Brand names Pending check: FINMA
Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht
Autorité fédérale de surveillance des marchés financiers
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Registration number Pending check: Established by the Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz (FINMAG) as a public-law institution with its own legal personality (öffentlich-rechtliche Anstalt)
Registered address Pending check: Laupenstrasse 27, 3003 Bern
Public contact email Pending check: info@finma.ch

2 sources

Who stands behind it?

Control

Not yet verified

Owner or founding authority Pending check: Owner Holding Owner type
Bundesrat (elects the seven to nine members of the Verwaltungsrat) Direct State or public body
State or public-body ownership Pending check: Fully state-owned
Answers to Pending check: Swiss Confederation (institutionally, functionally and financially independent public-law institution; board elected by the Federal Council)

Owner	Holding	Owner type
Bundesrat (elects the seven to nine members of the Verwaltungsrat)	Direct	State or public body

2 sources

Who pays?

Money

Not yet verified

How it is funded Pending check: Source Share of revenue
Fees, levies and own income Over 50%
Budget and funding bodies Pending check: Funder Type Note
Supervised institutions (banks, insurers, asset managers etc.) – supervisory levies (Aufsichtsabgaben) and fees (Gebühren) Other FINMA is financed entirely by fees for proceedings and services plus an annual levy per supervisory area, not from tax revenue; accounts audited by the Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle

Source	Share of revenue
Fees, levies and own income	Over 50%

Funder	Type	Note
Supervised institutions (banks, insurers, asset managers etc.) – supervisory levies (Aufsichtsabgaben) and fees (Gebühren)	Other	FINMA is financed entirely by fees for proceedings and services plus an annual levy per supervisory area, not from tax revenue; accounts audited by the Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle

1 source

FINMA 'Die FINMA', read 2026-10-14 (funded by supervisory levies and fees, not tax revenue: fees for supervisory proceedings and services plus an annual levy per supervisory area; accounts audited by the Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle)

Where does it appear?

Channels

Verified

Official websites Verified: finma.ch
Official social accounts: Not disclosed

1 source

FINMA Impressum, read 2026-10-14 (domain, e-mail)

Who is connected?

Networks

Nothing disclosed

Agencies and funds under it: Not disclosed
Public-office or party roles of board members: Not disclosed

Change history

Version	Date	What changed
1	19 October 2026	First published

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