Dukascopy Bank is a Swiss innovative online bank based in Geneva, Switzerland, providing Internet based and mobile trading services (with focus on foreign exchange, bullion, CFD and binaries), banking and other financial services through proprietary technological solutions.
The company has been founded on 2 November 2004 in Geneva by Andre and Veronika Duka, Swiss nationals residing in Geneva who still own 99% of the company.
Dukascopy Bank is regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA both as a bank and a securities firm.
Dukascopy Bank fully owns Dukascopy Europe IBS AS, European licensed brokerage company based in Riga and Dukascopy Japan, a Type-1 licensed broker located in Tokyo. In addition to its Geneva Headquarters, Dukascopy Bank has offices in Riga and Hong Kong. Currently, Dukascopy Group employs over 300 staff.
Dukascopy Group mainly provides online and mobile trading services through the SWFX - Swiss FX Marketplace, the Dukascopy's ECN proprietary technological solution and registered trademark.
The Dukascopy project was launched in 1998 by a group of physicists headed by Dr. Andre Duka. Their mission was to research, develop, and implement a complex financial system via novel mathematical and econophysical techniques.
Dukascopy è stata creata nel 2004. La sua missione era servire la comunità finanziaria con le sue avanzatissime soluzioni tecnologiche.
Dukascopy lancia il suo ambiente ECN, il SWFX Swiss FX Marketplace.
Dukascopy lancia Dukascopy Forex TV, televisione online che fornisce analisi tecniche e fondamentali a trader e professionisti finanziari.
Dukascopy è autorizzata dall'Autorità federale di vigilanza sui mercati finanziari FINMA a svolgere attività bancarie.
Introduzione del Geneva Forex Event, un punto d'incontro mensile per seguire gli eventi in corso, fare rete, stabilire relazioni ed essere presenti tra l'élite finanziaria in un'atmosfera rilassata.
Dukascopy Europe & nbsp; IBS & nbsp; AS diventa operativa come consociata interamente controllata di Dukascopy Bank & nbsp; SA dedicata essenzialmente al mercato retail europeo.
Dukascopy TV apre i suoi nuovi studi a Ginevra.
Dukascopy Bank & nbsp; SA crea una soluzione di e-banking unica e innovativa offerta ai titolari di conti correnti.
Dukascopy Bank & nbsp; SA espande la sua presenza internazionale aprendo un ufficio di rappresentanza a Hong Kong.
In linea con le aspettative dei clienti musulmani, Dukascopy Bank SA annuncia la creazione di conti senza swap.
Dukascopy Bank diventa membro della Swiss Bankers Association
Dukascopy è autorizzata dall'Autorità federale di vigilanza sui mercati finanziari FINMA a svolgere attività di società di intermediazione mobiliare.
Nel giugno 2014 Dukascopy Bank ha lanciato la sua nuova piattaforma di trading per le opzioni binarie.
Nel settembre 2014, Dukascopy Bank ha iniziato ad aggiungere strumenti CFD al proprio ambiente di trading ECN.
Nell'agosto 2015 Dukascopy Bank ha acquisito il 100% di Alpari Japan K.K., un broker giapponese con licenza di tipo 1 con sede a Tokyo che è stato ribattezzato Dukascopy Japan & nbsp; K.K. Grazie a questa acquisizione, Dukascopy Group può fornire servizi di trading Forex regolamentati in Giappone, il più grande mercato Forex del mondo.
Dukascopy TV viene registrata presso l'Ufficio federale delle comunicazioni dall'autorità di regolamentazione dello Stato svizzero UFCOM. Dukascopy TV è da allora ufficialmente registrata come un'emittente televisiva svizzera .
A seguito dell'emissione della circolare FINMA 2016/7 sulla Videoidentificazione, Dukascopy Bank è tra le prime istituzioni finanziarie a utilizzare un sistema di onboarding basato su video sviluppato internamente, completamente integrato con la sua infrastruttura informatica.
Dukascopy Bank & nbsp; SA estende la sua leadership tecnologica a lungo termine nell'intermediazione finanziaria entrando nell'attività bancaria di base& nbsp; & mdash; dei servizi bancari al dettaglio.
Dukascopy Bank inizia a offrire il Bitcoin quotato in dollari USA (BTC / USD) sui conti self-trading LIVE
Dukascopy Bank inizia a offrire l'opportunità unica di guadagnare agendo come fornitore di liquidità sul SWFX in modalità completamente automatizzata.
Dukascopy Bank inizia a offrire trading LIVE su MetaTrader 4 con accesso diretto al SWFX Swiss Marketplace
È stato aggiunto un nuovo metodo di finanziamento del conto. I clienti possono ora depositare e prelevare fondi da / verso i loro conti di trading cripto-finanziabili con la Banca sotto forma di trasferimenti di criptovaluta. La prima criptovaluta ad essere supportata è il Bitcoin.
Dukascopy Bank è diventata la prima banca regolamentata a lanciare la propria ICO. A partire dal 28/02/2019, chiunque può partecipare all'Airdrop, scambiare Dukascoin al mercato e godere dei suoi vantaggi.
Dukascopy expands its offerings by introducing the option to order both virtual and plastic Mastercard alongside Visa cards, enhancing transaction convenience and security in major currencies.
Dukascopy Bank broadens its MT4 account offerings to include CFDs on indices, bonds, commodities, and several new exotic FX pairs, enhancing trading options for clients.
Dukascopy Bank is recognized as a Qualified Derivatives Dealer (QDD) after entering into an agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. This status authorizes the bank to make dividend-equivalent payments on US CFD instruments while deducting the appropriate amount of withholding tax.
The bank expands its cryptocurrency offerings, introducing trading for an additional 10 cryptocurrency pairs, thereby broadening investment opportunities for clients.
Dukascopy Bank develops two new services for clients: a P2P crypto exchange marketplace where clients can place offers to buy or sell tokens against fiat currencies, and a secure fiat settlement framework for P2P crypto-fiat exchange operations.
Dukascopy introduces its next-generation trading platform, JForex 4. With over 250 technical indicators, it provides valuable insights for traders and is accessible across web, desktop, and mobile platforms, featuring a user-friendly interface.
Dukascopy Bank is granted authorization by the Swiss financial regulator FINMA to provide its customers with cryptocurrency exchange and fiduciary deposits services, allowing the investment and custody of cryptocurrencies on behalf of clients.
Dukascopy Bank significantly expands its list of trading instruments by adding 405 new stock CFDs, including major companies from the US, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Spain.
Dukascopy Bank partners with Western Union to offer a hosted solution for money withdrawals via the Western Union network, enriching its range of money transfer possibilities.
The bank launches Corporate Institutional Accounts, designed to meet the needs of corporate clients and institutional investors, providing top-quality banking services for regulated brokers, E-money companies, and other PSPs.
Dukascopy Bank unveils an innovative crypto lending product, allowing clients to borrow against their digital assets while preserving their investments in cryptocurrencies.
Dukascopy Bank announces the launch of the MetaTrader 5 trading platform, available for both Live and Demo accounts, marking a significant upgrade in trading technology and user experience.
Dukascopy Bank offers extremely competitive conditions for currency exchange on current accounts, provides e-banking facilities, credit cards and an increasing range of banking products.
The SWFX provides online and mobile Forex, precious metals and CFD trading facilities.
Currently, the SWFX is connected through FIX API to over 20 major banks offering a unique pool of ECN spot forex liquidity available for traders, banks, hedge funds and other institutions. This allows Dukascopy Bank to offer its clients unrivalled order execution and price feed quality in addition to very low spreads.
The SWFX automatically executes orders of market participants on a Straight Through Processing basis. In this ECN environment, both buy-side and sell-side participants interact on an equal footing. Dukascopy Bank has no dealing desk and makes no requote, all trades are executed automatically on its ECN, whatever their size.
The Dukascopy trading platform (JForex) provides an array of tools for risk management and control over the order execution. Clients may trade billions of dollars in a secure "one-click" trading environment. Support is provided on a 24/5 basis. In case of need, clients may pass orders over the phone.
In addition to trading on Forex, precious metals and CFD (on various underlyings), Dukascopy Bank provides a trading platform for binary options on stocks and Forex.
Dukascopy Bank provides a wide range of free financial information and other attractive resources through its website, Dukascopy TV online television, Freeserv products and its active online Dukascopy community counting over 130'000 members.
The members of Dukascopy Community may exchange in several languages on trading experiences, market views, trading strategies, may win prizes in various contests and freely communicate through advanced and secure chat and video conference systems developed and supported by Dukascopy Bank.
Chairman
Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Board and member of the Audit Committee
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Member
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All Board members are Swiss nationals.
co-Chairman of the Executive Committee, co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer, founding shareholder, citizen of Switzerland
co-Chairman of the Executive Committee, co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Administrative Officer, founding shareholder, citizen of Switzerland
Chief Integration Officer, citizen of Switzerland
Chief Financial Officer, citizen of Switzerland
Chief Risk Officer, citizen of France
All Executive Committee members are permanent residents of Switzerland.
The statutory auditor reports to the General Meeting of Shareholders on the results of their audit of the Financial Statements and proposed appropriation of available earnings.
The banking auditor verifies that Dukascopy Bank complies with the Swiss laws and other applicable regulation on an individual basis and group level. They report their conclusions and observations directly to FINMA.
Internal auditors execute a multi-annual audit plan agreed with the Board of Directors, and report their conclusions and recommendations to the Board. Internal auditors verify the adequacy of the company's organisation, internal control system and its compliance with applicable laws and regulation.
