Swiss Lions rankings | 2026 edition

Sygnum

Sygnum is No. 15 in the Banks and Wealth Management ranking, with a score of 14.4 out of 100. It is not among the Swiss Lions 100 for 2026. Registered office: Zurich, canton of Zurich.

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Swiss Lions score
14.4
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About

Zurich-based digital asset banking group, licensed by FINMA, with further regulated entities in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, serving about 2,300 clients in over 80 countries.

Sygnum is a digital asset banking group headquartered in Zurich. Founded in 2017, it obtained a Swiss banking and securities dealer licence from FINMA in 2019, and it also holds licences in Singapore and Abu Dhabi and an EU MiCAR licence in Liechtenstein. It offers institutional and private clients custody, trading, lending, payments and staking of digital assets alongside traditional securities, plus tokenisation services, asset management products and Sygnum Connect, a 24-hour settlement network. It reported about USD 6 billion in client assets and more than USD 1 billion in net new money in 2025, serving about 2,300 clients in over 80 countries. A funding round in January 2025 valued the group at USD 1 billion.

  • Digital asset custody
  • Crypto and traditional securities trading
  • Lending and payments
  • Staking
  • Tokenisation services
  • Asset management funds and mandates
  • Sygnum Connect settlement network
  • Sygnum Protect off-exchange custody

How the score is made

Global scale

-10.6

CHF 60m revenue.

Swiss value

60

Founded in Switzerland.

Global visibility

4.5

Online attention across languages, and worldwide search interest.

Impact

0

No current SBTi target. Not a certified B Corp.

Philanthropy

0

No charitable foundation found.

Impact and philanthropy together make up the impact measure. How the ranking works.

Key figures

Income used in the ranking
CHF 60m2025, operating income

Not listed on a stock exchange, so profit, dividends and employee numbers are not published in a comparable form.

We have not found a published figure for employees in Switzerland for 2025 or 2026, and dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published, so neither is shown.

Profile

Registered office
ZurichCanton of Zurich
Language region
German-speaking
Ownership
Owned by investorsVenture and strategic investors and founders
Chief executive
Mathias ImbachSince 2021. Source
Chair
Gabriela Maria PayerSource
Global reach
About 2,300 clients in over 80 countriesSource
Founded
2017

In Switzerland

  • Zurich ZHHeadquarters (Sygnum Bank AG)

Over time

Sygnum: revenue and employees by year, as reported by the company
YearEmployees
2026250

As reported by the company.

Milestones

  1. 2018Sygnum incorporated in Switzerland in May and Singapore in June.
  2. 2019Receives FINMA banking and securities dealer licence in August.
  3. 2023Sygnum Bank Middle East opens in Abu Dhabi.
  4. 2024Launches Sygnum Connect, a 24/7 multi-asset settlement network.
  5. 2025Funding round gives a USD 1 billion valuation.

Also in Banks and Wealth Management

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Sources

  • Revenue used in the ranking: finews.ch (2025).
  • Company profile, sites, history and milestones: sygnum.com, allnews.ch.
  • Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, status at 30 June 2026. Foundations: Swiss commercial register. B Corp: B Lab directory.

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