From Internship to CFO at Bank Frick
Melanie Mündle speaks with Liechtenstein business publication Wirtschaft regional about her career journey – from a reception desk internship to the Board of Directors.
We are the entrepreneurial and innovative Bank for financial intermediaries and professional clients. Our aim is to make your life easier. We offer you all banking services as a modular concept from a single source.
Digitalisation is part of our essence, just like personal contact with our clients. You will benefit from the streamlined processes and the long-term strategic direction of our family-run universal bank – since 1998.
Melanie Mündle speaks with Liechtenstein business publication Wirtschaft regional about her career journey – from a reception desk internship to the Board of Directors.
Bank Frick would like to draw attention to the fact that emails which are currently presumed to be fraudulent are in circulation. In these emails, third parties are misusing the name, logo, as well as image and presentation materials of Bank Frick.
Glorious sunshine, summery temperatures and plenty of movement: “LittleMudRun 2025” showed itself from its best side last September. At this year’s cheque handover, the participants are all smiles again, as the involvement of around 500 children has resulted in an impressive fundraising outcome.
Bank Frick is expanding its Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs) offering: clients can now choose to have their AMCs actively listed on stock exchanges. This adds another vital component to its existing all-in-one solution, optimising market access, tradability, and distribution.
In a challenging market environment, Bank Frick generated a profit of 9.2 million francs in 2025 and slightly exceeded its budgeted targets. Through targeted investments in strategic projects, products, and personnel, the Bank continued to pursue its growth strategy.
The Swiss FINMA has clarified its requirements for the custody of crypto-assets by asset managers. The new directive mandates that crypto-assets must be held separately for each client with a regulated custodian, such as a bank or an institution under equivalent supervision. Foreign custodians are only permitted if they provide bankruptcy protection equivalent to Swiss regulations.
Asset managers with crypto strategies and investment products—especially AMCs and ETPs—must review and, if necessary, adjust their current setups. Regulatory-compliant, legally robust, and operationally reliable custody solutions have become essential.
Bank Frick, as a MiCAR-licensed and regulated bank, offers tailor-made, legally secure solutions that combine regulated custody, trading, and additional services—positioning itself as a reliable partner in light of increasing regulatory demands in Switzerland and the EEA.
25 graduates of the University of Liechtenstein’s professional development programmes, Certificate Programme in Blockchain and FinTech and CAS Blockchain and FinTech, received their certificates on 13 March 2026. Professor Martin Angerer, Academic Director and Professor of Finance, presented the certificates during a graduation ceremony.
As part of its strategic development, Bank Frick is evaluating securing long-term strategic partners and investors. The aim is to support the next phase of growth and in particular to further expand the digital B2B banking business.
At the proposal of the Chair of the Board of Directors, Dr Mario Frick, the Annual General Meeting of Bank Frick appointed an additional board member. With Marzia Thüring-Menegon, the Bank gains the Board of Directors’ preferred candidate, who will reinforce the strategic direction with her experience particularly in payment transactions, IT and transformation.
Bank Frick, in collaboration with the University of Liechtenstein, is offering a scholarship for the Certificate Programme in Blockchain and FinTech (ZS) or the CAS in Blockchain and FinTech. The application deadline is 1 June 2026, and the programme starts on 27 August 2026.
Founded in 1998 by Kuno Frick, Bank Frick continues to be a family-run business. With the Frick family as the owners, the responsibilities are clear. This also guarantees the prudent further development of the institute.
We were the first bank in Europe to enable the trading and secure custody of crypto assets in the regulated environment. Every day, we think about which innovations we could provide to take you further: loan securitisations on the blockchain, tokenised funds or block orders in online banking.
When it comes to assets, stability and security are what counts. These are offered by Bank Frick as well as by our homeland: Liechtenstein sets itself apart through its solid surpluses, the strong Swiss franc as the national currency and its political stability.
We are pioneers in blockchain banking and pride ourselves on our innovative and entrepreneurial thinking. We’re an ideas factory with a banking licence and we’re looking for talented people to join us
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