Custody with banking integration for digital assets
Securing your clients’ assets is the foundation and distinction of a trusted regulated banking relationship. With Sygnum’s bank-grade, multi-custody solution, you give your clients personal, 24/7 access to their digital assets.
Secure
Your clients’ digital assets are protected by a multi-custody solution deployed in geo-redundant Swiss data centres. Digital asset custody with Sygnum provides regulated banking standards and best-in-class digital asset banking.
Convinient
Access our modular infrastructure on one platform so your clients can transfer, store, buy and sell their digital assets with your bank in 60 days or less.
Regulated
This digital asset custody solution from Sygnum is FINMA-approved and audited. This includes our ISAE 3000 and 3402 certifications and our industry-leading automated crypto asset compliance solution.
Integrated multi-custody solution
01. Integrated multi-custody security
The custody integration that banks have from Sygnum provides the security layers needed for regulated, institutional digital asset banking with asset segregation, no capital underpinning and no counterparty risk.
02. Audits and certifications
Key ceremony and key management are ISAE 3000 and ISAE 3402 certified.
03. Governance
Organisational segregation and system-enforced multi-party checks ensure no single individual can independently perform critical transactions.
04. Physical
Hardware security modules (HSM) are in geo-redundant high security (Tier IV) Swiss data centres.
05. Perimeter
Both multi-factor authentication for all critical transactions and off-pattern transaction monitoring are provided.
06. Application
The multi-custody solution ensures no single point of failure is present in the system architecture.
07. Transactional
Multiple layers of security ensure no single point of failure is present in the system architecture.
FAQ
Which cryptocurrencies does Sygnum offer custody services for?
Sygnum’s range of tokens available for custody is constantly expanding. Click here for an overview of the digital assets we offer for custody, staking, trading and lending. Further tokens are available on request.
What is Sygnum’s multi-custody solution?
Sygnum offers an institutional-grade multi-custody solution that fulfils the highest security standards. Our clients have access to both trading and vault wallets, with the private keys in hardware security modules (HSMs), which are located in geo-redundant high security data centres in Switzerland. Sygnum’s multi-layer security setup is audited and certified according to the ISAE 3402 standard.
How are wallets secured at Sygnum?
Assets at Sygnum are safeguarded by a multi-layered, bank-grade security architecture combining Swiss-made security hardware, industry-leading physical and cyber security and geo-redundant Swiss data centers.
As a regulated Swiss bank, Sygnum is able to hold all client digital assets off-balance sheet. This means they are legally ring-fenced and remain fully protected and accessible in the unlikely event of insolvency.
Furthermore, our custody platform is tested regularly and independently audited and certified by an external auditor.
Within Sygnum’s banking platform, clients can hold digital assets in different wallets, including trading, vault and cold wallets, depending on how the assets are intended to be used.
All wallets operate under the same institutional custody framework and follow strict governance and control processes.
What insurance is included for funds held with Sygnum?
Esisuisse insurance covers up to CHF 100,000 on fiat deposits held at Sygnum. All crypto assets at Sygnum are held off-balance sheet and are bankruptcy remote in the unlikely case of a Sygnum insolvency. Furthermore, Sygnum has limited insurance cover against loss of digital assets, i.e., due to internal fraud.