Firms subject to the Act

Finansinspektionen is responsible for supervising the financial firms. Other authorities and self-regulating bodies are responsible for supervising the non-financial entities. This page sets out the authority or self-regulating body which is responsible for supervising the respective business operators.

Finansinspektionen supervises natural and legal persons conducting

• banking or financing business
• mortgage lending business
• life insurance business
• securities business
• financial operations with an application obligation and professional trade with or management of virtual currencies
• currency exchange subject to an application obligation
• deposit business
• insurance mediation of life insurance
• issuance of electronic money
• fund operations
• payment institutions
• operations to provide payment services without being a payment institution
• alternative investment fund management
• certain consumer credit-related operations
• certain crowdfunding services.