FINMA adds Trustexchangetrade (trustexchangetrade.com) to its warning list of unauthorised providers
On 26 October 2026 the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) added 'Trustexchangetrade / trustexchangetrade.com' to its warning list of companies that may be providing services without the authorisation…
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What happened
On 26 October 2026 the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) added 'Trustexchangetrade / trustexchangetrade.com' to its warning list of companies that may be providing services without the authorisation required by FINMA. The entry lists the website www.trustexchangetrade.com and an address at Brunnenstrasse 94, 3373 Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee, and says the provider is not entered in the commercial register. FINMA's warning list includes firms it believes may be carrying out unauthorised activities.
How the scam works
FINMA's warning list is a regulatory notice. The entry says the named companies are not authorised and may be carrying out financial market activity without the licence they require. It does not describe how the site approaches people or whether anyone has lost money, so nothing is claimed here about particular payments or victims.
The entry lists a website, www.trustexchangetrade.com, and an address in Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee. FINMA's remarks field is blank, so it does not say that the name copies a real company, and it makes no claim about how the site operates or who runs it. The only findings are that the provider is not entered in the commercial register and that it appears on the warning list.
Names built from words such as 'trust' and 'exchange' are common among unauthorised platforms, but that is a general pattern, not a finding about this site. An address in a real Swiss locality is also not evidence that a business operates from there. Before paying any such platform, verify it with FINMA and the commercial register.
Source
FINMA warning list entry "Trustexchangetrade / trustexchangetrade.com" (26 October 2026).
Red flags
- A trading or exchange platform that is not entered in the Swiss commercial register.
- A listing on FINMA's warning list.
- A .com website with only a street address as proof of existence.
- A generic name using words such as 'trust' and 'exchange'.
- Pressure to deposit quickly or to send money to an unverified provider.
If you were targeted
- 1Check the provider on FINMA's lists and the commercial register before dealing with it.
- 2Avoid trustexchangetrade.com.
- 3Don't deposit money or send identity documents to an unverified platform.
- 4If you already paid, contact your bank or card issuer and keep records.
- 5Report suspicious providers to FINMA.