“Can a Swiss FINMA-licensed FX broker reinvent itself as a crypto-friendly, mobile-first multi-currency bank for global retail clients and fintech businesses?”
Dukascopy started as a Swiss online FX/CFD broker and grew into a fully licensed Swiss bank under FINMA, with regulated subsidiaries in Latvia and Japan. From 2018 onward it positioned itself as a 'crypto-friendly Swiss bank,' adding Bitcoin CFDs, crypto-collateralized lending, its own Dukascoin token, and a mobile-first multi-currency account (Connect 911). The current strategic posture is a hybrid: traditional Swiss banking + investment brokerage + embedded fintech support for other Swiss FinTechs (escrow capital accounts, multi-currency IBANs, FX).