Company: Taurus SA
Managing Director: Bashir Kazour
Website: https://www.taurushq.com
About Taurus SA
Taurus is the regulated infrastructure that banks use to issue, custody and trade digital assets. Founded in Switzerland in 2018 and regulated by FINMA, Taurus gives financial institutions one platform to manage digital assets, tokenised securities, stablecoins and more securely and at scale.
From the start, the company set out to solve a hard problem: banks wanted to offer digital assets, but the tools available were fragmented, risky and rarely built to banking standards. Taurus answered with enterprise grade custody, tokenisation and node infrastructure, designed for the security, governance and compliance that regulated institutions demand, with no rehypothecation of client assets.
That approach won the trust of some of the largest names in global finance. Taurus today powers digital asset operations for institutions including Zand Bank, Deutsche Bank, Santander, State Street, Pictet, CACEIS, Swissquote and ClearBank. It raised 65 million US dollars in a Series B round led by Credit Suisse, with Deutsche Bank also investing.
The Middle East is central to the next chapter. Taurus opened an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre and appointed Bashir Kazour as Managing Director for the region, building a long term institutional presence across the Gulf. In the UAE, Taurus infrastructure already powers the digital asset operations of Zand Bank and this year supported them in launching the first AED-backed stablecoin which was approved by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates.
Sovereign wealth funds, central banks, banks and family offices across the region are exploring tokenisation and digital asset custody, and Taurus brings them a regulated, bank grade route rather than an unregulated one. The ambition is straightforward: help make Dubai and the wider MENA region a global hub for regulated digital asset infrastructure, not only a market that consumes it.
In 2026 Taurus reached a milestone that matters for the whole industry. It secured an EU MiFID II investment licence, enabling its clients to trade tokenised bonds, fund shares, equities and structured products across all 27 European Union markets. This turns tokenisation from isolated pilots into regulated, tradable markets, and sets a standard that institutions in MENA and beyond can adopt. Taurus also expanded support across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Stellar and the Canton Network, so institutions are never locked into a single chain.
The impact is a financial system where tokenised securities can be issued, safeguarded and traded with the same trust and compliance as traditional ones. For the MENA region, that means banks and asset managers can modernise how money and assets move, bring new products to clients, and connect regional capital to global markets, all within clear regulatory guardrails.
Taurus combines Swiss regulatory heritage, deep banking relationships and a genuine regional commitment in Dubai. As governments and institutions across MENA accelerate their digital asset strategies, Taurus aims to be the infrastructure quietly powering that shift, helping the region lead rather than follow in the tokenised economy.
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