瑞士對銀行業、金融業的監管由來已久。在合併入FINMA之前，瑞士聯邦銀行業委員會在1934年甚至更早便已存在。
瑞士是世界上最頂級的兩家銀行：瑞銀集團(UBS）和瑞士信貸集團(Credit Suisse）的所在地，因此，對銀行業負有監管職責的FINMA在瑞士經濟中占有重要地位。FINMA專門設有一個特別監管部門來監管這2家
瑞士金融市場管理局是瑞士負責金融監管的政府部門。它的職能包括：監管瑞士的銀行、保險公司、證券交易所、證券交易商以及其他各類金融中介。
FINMA是擁有獨立法人的獨立機構，其總部設於瑞士首都伯爾尼。它直接效命於瑞士議會，從機構上、功能上和財務上獨立於瑞士的聯邦中央政府和聯邦財政部。
FINMA was founded on the 22 June 2007 with the passing of the Federal Act on the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMASA). This merged the Federal Office of Private Insurance (FOPI), the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC) and the Anti-Money Laundering Control Authority into one agency that is responsible for all financial regulation in Switzerland.
Banking and financial regulation has a long history in Switzerland and the Swiss Federal Banking Commission was in existence since at least 1934, before it was merged into FINMA.
Switzerland is home to two of the worlds major banks UBS and Credit Suisse and as these are significant to the Swiss economy, FINMA has a special regulatory team dedicated to each of these two institutions.
Swiss Financial Markets Authority (FINMA) is the Swiss government body responsible for financial regulation. This includes the supervision of banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges and securities dealers as well as other financial intermediaries in Switzerland.
FINMA is an independent institution with its own legal personality based in Berne. It is institutionally, functionally and financially independent from the central federal administration and the Federal Department of Finance and reports directly to the Swiss parliament.
