Copper.co, a provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading solutions, has been approved for membership of the Swiss Financial Services Standard Association (VQF) through Copper’s Swiss entity in Zug.

Copper’s VQF membership provides assurance to its clients regarding the robustness of its compliance with the Swiss Anti Money Laundering Act (AMLA), supplying a regulatory stamp of approval and reinforcing Copper’s position as a trusted custodian of digital assets.
 
VQF is the largest and oldest cross-industry Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) in Switzerland and it is officially authorised by FINMA (The Financial Market Supervisory Authority), Switzerland’s financial services watchdog. VQF is entrusted to oversee the compliance of financial intermediaries in Switzerland and is primarily responsible for the supervision of Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) regulations.