Overview
- BancaStato launched in‑app crypto trading on Thursday, July 23, 2026, enabling customers to buy, hold, and sell digital assets without leaving their existing banking interfaces.
- The bank integrated Sygnum’s B2B API with its Avaloq core in a software‑as‑a‑service setup, which avoids a separate order management system and is the first such deployment on Avaloq’s SaaS environment.
- At launch customers can place market orders for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Solana by crypto quantity or by U.S. dollar value inside the bank’s web and mobile apps.
- Sygnum executes trades and provides institutional custody with client assets held off BancaStato’s balance sheet under audited hardware and software controls, and Sygnum received a MiCA‑aligned Crypto‑Asset Service Provider license on June 30, 2026.
- The rollout joins more than 25 banks on Sygnum’s platform and extends a wider Swiss move to embed regulated crypto into retail banking so customers can manage traditional and digital portfolios in one place.