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Fintech Disputes In Switzerland: Navigating Litigation And Alternative Dispute Resolution
Switzerland has spent the past decade building one of the world's most advanced legal environments for financial technology. The very features that attract fintech and blockchain ventures – early regulatory clarity, the DLT framework, a dense financial infrastructure and a strongly international client base – are now generating a steady stream of disputes of considerable legal and technical complexity. Such disputes arise from payment services, digital banking, lending platforms, crypto-assets and custody arrangements, outsourcing relationships, cybersecurity incidents and regulatory enforcement.
Switzerland Technology
RUGGLE Partner
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Control, Responsibility And Governance Of Autonomous AI Agents In Swiss Fintech
As autonomous AI agents increasingly perform decision-making functions within financial institutions, Swiss fintechs must confront fundamental questions of control, accountability and governance. Existing regulatory obligations remain fully applicable: autonomy in the machine does not displace responsibility in the firm. The task is to build oversight frameworks that keep pace with technological independence rather than yield to it.
Switzerland Technology
RUGGLE Partner
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FinTech And Data Protection In Switzerland: Navigating The Revised FADP
Switzerland’s financial-technology sector runs on data — and since the revised Federal Act on Data Protection took effect, the rules for handling that data have become materially stricter. This article sets out what FinTech providers operating in or into Switzerland need to know, how the data protection regime works in practice, and how it dovetails with the financial-market rules supervised by FINMA
Switzerland Technology
RUGGLE Partner
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