Overview

Bank Frick is a family-owned Liechtenstein bank that became one of the earliest fully licensed banks anywhere to offer regulated cryptocurrency trading and custody. Operating under the supervision of Liechtenstein's Financial Market Authority (FMA) and benefiting from EEA passporting into the European Union, Bank Frick combines the legal certainty of a traditional European bank with deep, native digital-asset capabilities.

Unlike retail-focused neobanks, Bank Frick is primarily a business-to-business institution. Its clients are financial intermediaries, fintechs, payment companies, funds, and blockchain businesses that need a regulated banking partner willing to service the crypto economy — something most European banks still refuse to do. This makes Bank Frick a critical piece of infrastructure for companies building in the digital-asset space.

The bank offers direct trading and custody of major cryptocurrencies, token issuance services, staking, and segregated cold-storage custody, all within a regulated banking framework. Liechtenstein's pioneering Token and Trusted Technology Service Providers Act (the "Blockchain Act") gives Bank Frick one of the clearest legal foundations in Europe for tokenisation and digital-asset banking.

History

Bank Frick was founded in 1998 by Kuno Frick Sr. in Balzers, Liechtenstein, and remains controlled by the Frick family foundation. For its first two decades it operated as a conventional private and intermediary bank.

In 2018 — early by banking standards — Bank Frick launched regulated cryptocurrency trading and custody, becoming one of the first banks in the world to do so within a full banking license. It went on to support token issuance, blockchain-based fund structures, and crypto-friendly accounts for businesses that traditional banks turned away. Liechtenstein's 2020 Blockchain Act further cemented the bank's position as a go-to regulated partner for the digital-asset industry.

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