End of Financial Innovation Desk pilot phase – continuation by State Secretariat for International Finance
Bern, 19.08.2025 — Following a two-year pilot phase, the Financial Innovation Desk (FIND), which was established in 2023, will be transferred to the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) in an adapted form on 1 September 2025. It will continue to promote innovation in the financial sector, in order to help strengthen Switzerland as a financial centre in international competition.
FIND was created in 2023 as a new government office administratively attached to SIF, initially for a three-year period. In the 2022 report on digital finance, the Federal Council proposed establishing such an innovation platform with the aim of promoting framework conditions, exchanges between the private sector and the authorities concerned, and the prerequisites for financial innovation in Switzerland.
The experience gained during FIND's first two years confirmed the considerable relevance of and high demand for this role with a view to ensuring successful financial innovation in Switzerland.
As it is the Federal Council's stated objective for Switzerland to be one of the world's leading locations in the area of digital financial services too, a specialist Innovation Desk unit will now be created within SIF. Established services and events such as the FIND Map and the fintech hackathon known as SwissHacks will be retained, and parts of the FIND website will be integrated into SIF's site. The inclusion and networking of the various stakeholders remains crucial and will also continue in an appropriate form with representatives from public authorities, academia and the private sector, under the leadership of SIF.