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FINMA licence Unreleased

Holder
FlowBank
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Licence type
Financial Service

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Jul 27, 2026

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Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority Unreleased

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Issuing authority
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Licence type
Financial Service

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Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Last checked
Never

Nobody at Wikilix has looked this licence up on the official register yet. Everything above comes from the record as supplied; treat it as a claim until you have checked it yourself.

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The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence number
Unreleased
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About FINMA

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Switzerland.

Full name
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2007
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
3 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
Bank; securities firm
Typical cost of a licence
High capital requirement (CHF 10m+ for banks/securities firms)
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

FINMA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeDeposit insurance covers up to CHF 100,000 per depositor
  • Complaints routeFINMA complaints/ombuds
  • Maximum leverage1:100
This describes the authority's regime, not how FlowBank applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against FlowBank. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
FlowBank SA
Based in
Switzerland
Wikilix score
49.4the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix has flagged FlowBank as a suspected clone of another firm. That is a finding about the firm, not about this licence — the register’s own wording above is what states this entry’s standing.

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • FlowBank SASwitzerland
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
This broker is being liquidated.
FlowBank operates under Swiss law with cross-border constraints and prohibits clients from certain countries according to local law and typical sanctions. Specific prohibited countries are not detailed in the provided context.
The minimum deposit amount at FlowBank is 1 USD. The broker offers a maximum leverage of 200, allowing traders to control larger positions with smaller capital.
FlowBank accepts deposits and withdrawals via bank transfers, credit/debit cards (Visa/Mastercard), e-wallets such as PayPal, Google Pay, Skrill, Neteller, and Bitcoin. Processing times vary from instant for cards and e-wallets to hours for bank transfers and cryptocurrency. Some withdrawal fees may apply depending on the financial institution or amount.
FlowBank supports MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms, both available on desktop, web, and mobile devices. MetaTrader 4 is popular for Forex and CFDs with advanced charting and automated trading, while MetaTrader 5 offers multi-asset trading with faster execution and advanced analytics.
FlowBank SA is regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), a tier 1 global regulator. It holds a financial service license in Switzerland and offers deposit insurance covering up to CHF 100,000 per depositor. According to WIKILIX, it operates under onshore regulation with medium transparency.
Licence Unreleased was issued by Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the financial authority for Switzerland.
FlowBank holds this FINMA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the FINMA register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates FINMA tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
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