Milestones
2019
Creation of Swissquote Singapore Pte. Ltd approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
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Nine additional stock exchanges in the Asia Pacific region made available online to our clients
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New possibility for clients of transferring cryptocurrencies to and from a private external wallet
2018
Takeover of Internaxx Bank
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Launch of a multi-currency credit card
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First Bank worldwide to offer the participation in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
2017
First online Bank to offer crypto trading with Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, Litecoin and Ripple
2016
First Swiss bank to launch an Apple TV app
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Swissquote Quant Fund awarded best performing Swiss equity fund
2015
Global partnership with Manchester United, one of the most popular football teams in the world
2014
Strategic partnership between Swissquote and PostFinance
2013
Takeover of MIG Bank Ltd, one of the leading Forex brokers worldwide
2012
Swiss DOTS, a new OTC trading service for the derivative products
2011
Swiss Life partnership. Swissquote takes over settlement and administration of the savings and investment products of Swisslife’s Swiss clients
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Swissquote and Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank offer online mortgages
2010
Takeover of ACM Advanced Currency Markets Ltd, one of the largest currency traders
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Takeover of Tradejet AG
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New ePrivate Banking service, electronic asset management for discerning clients
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Launch of the «ePrivate Banking» magazine
2008
Swissquote launches savings accounts
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A new forex trading platform goes live
2007
Full electronic trading on the Eurex derivatives exchange
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Milan Stock Exchange is the 17th market to go online
2006
Online trading with the London Stock Exchange and direct trading with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange for derivatives
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Online trading by mobile phone
2005
Launch of online bond trading
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Off-exchange trading of all SMI securities
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Launch of the «Value at Risk» asset management tool, the first step towards comprehensive online wealth management
2004
First off-exchange trading of Bank Vontobel derivative product
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EUWAX, the Stuttgart Stock Exchange trading platform, goes live
2003
Swissquote takes over the clients of Skandia Bank Switzerland
2002
Takeover of Consors (Switzerland) AG
2001
Access to the Swiss Stock Exchange (at the time SWX and Virt-X) and to the US NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX exchanges
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Online trading of investment funds
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Best Swiss online broker and first pure online bank in Switzerland
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Swissquote Bank Ltd is granted a banking licence
2000
Swissquote Group Holding Ltd is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (symbol: SQN)
1996
The Swissquote financial platform is founded. For the first time, private investors can access the real-time prices of all securities traded on the Swiss Stock Exchange for free