FINMA in dialogue
FINMA communicates with its stakeholder groups in an open and transparent manner. It informs market participants, provides politicians with information about its supervisory and regulatory activities, engages in dialogue with interest groups and establishes transparency vis-à-vis the public about its activities.
As an independent authority, FINMA informs its stakeholders as the law permits and fulfils its legal obligations. It maintains an institutional dialogue with supervised institutions, politicians, other authorities and further interest groups.
Annual accountability to Parliament
At least once a year, as part of the publication of the annual report, the Chair of the Board of Directors and the CEO of FINMA account to the two supervisory committees of the Federal Assembly, i.e. the Control Committees and the Finance Committees.
The period under review saw increased risks in both financial and non-financial areas. In an environment shaped by geopolitical tensions, rising government debt, the threat of increasing trade barriers and risks in the areas of cyber security, ICT, money laundering and sanctions, the supervisory authority placed particular emphasis on strengthening the resilience of the institutions and individuals it supervises. This was explained to the committees in more detail. Other topics included necessary regulatory adjustments, namely the strengthening of supervisory powers in the areas of early intervention, public communication on completed proceedings and the authority to impose fines. FINMA also provided information on the implementation of its strategy in 2024 and the conclusion of the 2021 to 2024 strategy period.
Provision of expert information to parliamentary committees
Besides its annual accountability to Parliament, as in previous years, FINMA informed the expert committees of the Federal Assembly on issues relating to supervisory practice and legislative projects at their invitation. In the year under review, FINMA put forward its position regarding the revision of the TBTF regulations.
Dialogue with national authorities and other stakeholders
As part of its cooperation with national authorities, FINMA provided information on the status of the resolution, recovery and emergency plans of systemically important banks and on its assessment of the risk situation of these institutions to the Committee on Financial Crises made up of the FDF, SNB and FINMA on four occasions during the year under review.
Furthermore, FINMA again held institutionalised annual or semi-annual discussions with key associations of supervised institutions and individuals as well as other stakeholders and exchanged views with them through topic-specific working groups. Again, there was an exchange between FINMA and various stakeholders committed to client protection.
Symposia for market participants
FINMA held events on specific topics with high-level representatives from the supervisory and private sectors. These meetings enable a direct and informal exchange between the supervisory authority, financial institutions and industry organisations. Examples include symposia, specialist conferences and round table discussions on the topics of small banks, small insurance companies, the AMLA and FinTech.
Well over 9,000 enquiries from the public
In 2025, FINMA again received numerous valuable reports from the public about possible violations of financial market law. This information once again helped to protect the clients of financial service providers even better and to further improve supervisory activities. FINMA processed more than 9,000 enquiries from financial market clients, investors and lawyers. The trend of an increase in enquiries in recent years thus continued. In excess of 2,000 reports and complaints were received in relation to unauthorised financial market participants, who had frequently misled their investors about being located in Switzerland. The information on the FINMA website about investor protection was also very well received. The following received particular attention: the practical tips for investors to avoid investment fraud and warnings about individual unauthorised providers to recognise risks on the financial markets.
Public reporting
In its communications with the public, FINMA acted transparently and in accordance with legal requirements. All the basic information on FINMA’s supervisory and regulatory activities, as well as its publications, are available on the FINMA website. More than one million users accessed the website in 2025. Key FINMA publications include the Risk Monitor, the reporting on recovery and resolution, the Annual Report and a wide range of statistics and key figures. In 2025, FINMA published 25 press releases and 9 news articles. On social media, the number of followers rose to 60,000, compared with 49,000 in the previous year.