Financial center innovation

Corporate service and advice

  • We are here to answer questions related to innovation, new technologies and digitalization in Liechtenstein
  • We help coordinate cooperation with the right experts and authorities
  • When financial market-related companies need permits or want to set up in Liechtenstein, we are there to support them.
  • We offer advice on establishing the special legal form Liechtenstein Venture Cooperative (LVC).

Further development of the state framework

On the economic side

Through the Innovation Clubs SFID receives suggestions and proposals for improving the legal/regulatory framework conditions of companies and prepares the basis for decision-making. SFID can take over the project management during implementation

For more information -> "Impuls Liechtenstein"

On the part of the authorities

Proposal, inclusion, concept development and support for the implementation of ideas or projects by the authorities to improve the framework conditions and requirements. (e.g. TVTG Act, Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

International Affairs cooperation

  • Monitoring international developments
  • Involvement in international committees
  • Engagement in international cooperation
  • Further development of the state framework conditions in connection with higher-level regulation

Topic areas: Artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, staking and lending, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), sustainability and social impacts

Innovation location

Knowledge of new technologies and a deeply rooted culture of innovation are particularly important to the authorities. That is why SFID sees itself as:

  • Driving the exchange between authorities, market participants and the broader innovation ecosystem (e.g. DigiHub)
  • Network in the FinTech, start-up and innovation sector
  • Organizer for the discussion of current topics Blockchain & Innovation Circle (BIC)