Legal
FINMA licence
Findependent AG is an account-holding securities firm authorised and supervised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) in accordance with the Federal Act on Financial Institutions (Financial Institutions Act, FinIA).
Documents
Deposit Insurance
Cash balances at Findependent AG are protected by the deposit insurance.
The deposit insurance protects the cash balances of customers in the event of the bankruptcy of a bank or a securities firm. This protection is regulated by law and limited to a maximum of CHF 100,000 per customer and institution. Multiple accounts are added together. esisuisse guarantees the coverage of protected balances within the framework of the self-regulation of Swiss banks and securities firms.
Further information at www.esisuisse.ch/en
Important note: The investments (ETFs) held in the customers’ custody accounts always belong to the customers. As segregated assets, they would not fall into the bankruptcy estate in the event of findependent’s bankruptcy, but would be protected.
Ombudsman Service
Findependent is affiliated with the Financial Ombudsman Service Switzerland (FINOS), Talstrasse 20, 8001 Zurich. Customers can contact this neutral mediation office to resolve conflicts regarding legal claims out of court. The ombudsman’s office treats all enquiries confidentially and only informs findependent with the customer’s consent.
Further information at https://www.finos.ch/?lang=en/
Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI)
Findependent AG is a reporting financial institution in accordance with the Federal Act on the International Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters (AEOIA). It reports information on accounts held by natural or legal persons resident in a reportable foreign jurisdiction to the Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
No information is reported to the FTA for customers of findependent with tax residence in Switzerland.
Further information on AEOI: FTA website
List of all partner states with which Switzerland has signed an AEOI agreement.
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
In accordance with the requirements of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Findependent AG has registered as a ‘Non-reporting IGA FFI’. Findependent AG is a ‘Financial Institution with a Local Client Base’ and thus a ‘registered deemed-compliant financial institution’ according to the agreement between Switzerland and the United States of America on cooperation to facilitate the implementation of FATCA.
Entity Name:
Findependent AG
GIIN:
3S2CPJ.99999.SL.756
FATCA Status:
Non-reporting IGA FFI
Imprint
The website www.findependent.ch is operated by Findependent AG.
Contact
Kasernenstrasse 26, 5000 Aarau
Identification number
UID: CHE-457.582.576
LEI: 506700779L05O504T325
