Swiss regulatory platform

Regulatory clarity for trusts and legal entities.

Gottshalden provides Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) aligned client identification, beneficial ownership verification, risk scoring, and audit-ready documentation — designed for trust companies, law firms, and family offices operating under Swiss financial law.

Trust companies

We enable your trust company to verify Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs), maintain beneficial owner registers, and monitor complex trust structures on an ongoing basis.

Law firms

We help your firm maintain compliant client records, run Politically Exposed Person (PEP) and sanctions checks, and produce audit-ready documentation for Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) review.

Family offices

We enable your family office to monitor complex ownership structures, track regulatory changes, and maintain continuous compliance across jurisdictions.

Our compliance platform

SwissAML

SwissAML aligns your client onboarding, risk assessment, and audit documentation with the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Circular 2011/1, and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations — so you can focus on your clients, not your paperwork.

Regulatory alignment

Each module maps directly to a specific Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) article or Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendation. Not generic compliance features — Swiss regulatory requirements, addressed precisely.

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Document Management

We connect to your existing document management system — Nextcloud, SharePoint, or other repositories. Documents stay where they are. Alternatively, we provide a standalone document store with versioning, approval tracking, and expiry monitoring.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 7

Compliance Dashboard

We provide your compliance officers with a real-time overview: open mandates, Know Your Customer (KYC) status, screening alerts, document health, and risk distribution — with clickable drill-down to each area.

Client Identification and Onboarding

We provide structured Know Your Customer (KYC) onboarding for your clients — natural persons, companies, trusts, and foundations. We capture identity, nationality, occupation, source of funds, and Politically Exposed Person (PEP) status through a guided 10-step wizard or direct entry.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 3–4

Ownership Structure Visualisation

We provide an interactive diagram showing the relationship between parties, mandates, and beneficial owners — for natural persons, companies, trusts, and foundations. Your team can add, edit, and screen parties directly from the diagram.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 4 · Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations 24–25

Beneficial Ownership Verification and Screening

We map and verify your clients' beneficial ownership chains with live screening against Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), European Union (EU), United Nations (UN), and State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) sanctions lists via Dilisense integration. The platform enables your firm to apply the Swiss 25% ownership threshold systematically.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 4 · Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations 24–25

Politically Exposed Person (PEP), Sanctions, and Adverse Media Registers

We maintain three compliance registers powered by Dilisense integration with live data. Your compliance officers can review screening history per party and demonstrate to auditors that checks were performed systematically.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 6 · Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 12

Compliance Task Queue

We generate and track compliance tasks automatically: missing documents, expired reviews, screening hits, risk assessments pending approval. Your team sees what needs attention, assigned by priority and deadline.

Risk Assessment

We score each of your mandates across seven factors: jurisdiction, ownership complexity, Politically Exposed Person (PEP) status, sanctions screening, product type, work type, and client profile. Four risk bands with automated compliance gates for Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and senior approval.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 6 · Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 10

Regulatory Change Monitoring

We monitor 17 regulatory sources including Fedlex, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) circulars, and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) publications. When a relevant regulation changes, we generate compliance tasks for your organisation.

Audit Trail

We record each action with timestamp, user identity, and IP address. Immutable records with three-tier visibility — designed for Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) examination and Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) inspection without preparation.

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Circular 2011/1

Suspicious Activity Reporting

We support your firm from screening alert through to Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS) filing. Actionable compliance steps at each stage.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 9

Mandate Purpose and Engagement

We capture the purpose and background of each mandate your firm manages — service type, engagement rationale, expected transaction volumes, counterparty regions, and source of funds. A seven-factor engagement risk score is calculated automatically.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) Article 7
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Designed for regulated intermediaries

Swiss infrastructure. Regulatory precision.

Gottshalden is designed for trust companies, law firms, and fiduciaries operating under Swiss financial law. Each feature maps to a specific Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) article, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) circular, or Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendation.

Swiss hosting

We process and store your data exclusively in Swiss data centres.

Audit-ready records

We log each action with timestamps for regulatory examination.

Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) aligned

Workflows mapped to specific Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) articles.

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations

Covers Recommendations 10, 24, 25 for beneficial ownership and Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) verification.

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