We are glad to say you can request an account via our website, giving information online to register for the service you want. We check the registration and then send you the account opening documents.

If you then would like to open the account, you can send us the signed documents including a notarized copy of your passport and proof of address by post to the following address:

Swissquote Bank Ltd
Ch. de la Crétaux 33
Case Postale 1032
CH-1196 Gland

Alongside the postal option, you can also complete the account opening directly online. This means you can sign the contract online with confirmation. You can confirm your identity via video conferencing or by uploading a copy of your passport. If you choose to upload a copy of your ID, you must use a Swiss bank account for the first transaction of your new Swissquote account.

After giving your personal data to register for a new account on the website, you will receive guidelines about digital account opening and the required documents.

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Care Center by telephone on +41 44 825 88 88. Our employees are available Monday through Friday between 8.00am and 10.00pm and will be pleased to help you.

If you've forgotten your account password or username, you can learn how to recover your password here.

Please contact the Customer Care Center by telephone for login problems. For security reasons, telephone authentication is needed.

If you require a detailed tax statement for the past year, you can order it for CHF 100 (excluding VAT and delivery charges abroad) from 1 January in your account via «Documents > Request statement».

An earnings report (KPMG statement) for foreign tax authorities (e.g. under German tax law) can be ordered by telephone. Charges on request.

Please complete the Transfer order form that can be found on our website and send it to the bank where staff will organize the transfer.

Complete information on all costs and conditions including commission tables is available here.

Please contact the Customer Care Center by telephone for login problems. For security reasons, telephone authentication is needed.

We are glad to say you can request an account via our website, giving information online to register for the service you want. We check the registration and then send you the account opening documents.

If you then would like to open the account, you can send us the signed documents including a notarized copy of your passport and proof of address by post to the following address:

Swissquote Bank Ltd
Ch. de la Crétaux 33
Case Postale 1032
CH-1196 Gland

Alongside the postal option, you can also complete the account opening directly online. This means you can sign the contract online with confirmation. You can confirm your identity via video conferencing or by uploading a copy of your passport. If you choose to upload a copy of your ID, you must use a Swiss bank account for the first transaction of your new Swissquote account.

After giving your personal data to register for a new account on the website, you will receive guidelines about digital account opening and the required documents.

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Care Center by telephone on +41 44 825 88 88. Our employees are available Monday through Friday between 8.00am and 10.00pm and will be pleased to help you.

If you are in Switzerland, you can have your passport/ID card/driving license notarized free of charge at any post office or SBB ticket office using Swissquote vouchers (which we are happy to send on request). We are also happy to provide notarized passport copies in the Swissquote lounge in Berne, Gland or Zurich. So please do visit us at our locations.

If you live in the EU, you can get your passport certified at your local authority or consulate or by a notary public or solicitor/lawyer.

If you live outside Europe, you can get a copy of your passport certified at a consulate or by a notary public or solicitor/lawyer.

Please note that the following elements must be available on the notarized copy of your passport:

• Note «Copy conforms to the original»
• Date and place
• First name, surname and signature of the person issuing the notarization
• Stamp of the institution

In certain cases, we require proof of residence, showing your exact address. Gas, water, electricity or fixed-line telephone bills (no older than six months) are accepted. Please note that we can only accept the document in German, French, English or Italian.

Please upload this document via «Login Bank».

The Swiss tax identification number (TIN) for natural persons is the AHV insurance number. Foreign residents can find the TIN in their tax documents.

Further information is available via the following link:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/tax-cooperation-control/administrative-cooperation/tax-identification-numbers-tin_en

Complete information on all costs and conditions including commission tables is available here.

Trading account holding is free of charge (for cash).

If you hold securities (stocks, funds, bonds, etc.) or cryptocurrencies in the account, we charge custody fees depending on securities value at a minimum of CHF 20 to a maximum of CHF 50 per quarter. The custody fees do not include the cash balances.
For assets above CHF 1'000'000, a fee of 0.0075% per quarter will be added to cover external safekeeping fees.

Custody fees are charged on the total value of the securities and/or cryptocurrencies, regardless of how many different securities are held in the account at any one time. They are charged at the end of each quarter (March, June, September, December) if at any point in time a security and/or cryptocurrency was present in the account during that period.

To view details of all fees and conditions, please download the PDF (bottom‑left).

If you have multiple trading accounts with us, please note that the custody fees are charged on a per‑account basis.

With a Swissquote account, you can trade in real time all over the world: SIX Swiss Exchange, North America (USA and Canada), USA: CME and ISE, Europe (GB, Germany, Austria, Italy, Scandinavia), Euronext, Eurex, Forex, Euwax.

You can trade the following products with Swissquote:
Equities, warrants and derivatives, options and futures, funds, ETFs, bonds, currencies, news, forex, commodities and share indices.

The opening hours of the most important financial marketplaces are on our website.

The stock exchange calendar is available here.

Our stock exchange guidelines have answers to general questions about stock exchanges and their role. Information and definitions to help improve your understanding of various markets and products is available here. We also recommend you join our regular training webinars.

You can register here.

Yes, all documents are available online as video tutorials.

The Lounges in Zurich and Gland are open between Monday and Friday from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm

Our Lounges allow you to come face-to-face with Swissquote. Here you can access direct stock market information in a relaxed atmosphere, study the financial press, find out more about our services or simply enjoy a coffee in peace.

You can find our lounges in the following locations:

Löwenstrasse 62
Postfach 2017
8021 Zürich

Chemin de la Crétaux 33
1196 Gland