SEALSQ announced that it has increased its ownership in Wecan Group to a majority position after initially acquiring a 28% equity stake one year ago. As part of the transaction, SEALSQ is committing CHF 5 million through its Quantum Fund to accelerate the development of Wecan Group’s AI-powered compliance solutions and post-quantum financial security infrastructure.
Wecan Group provides technology solutions for financial institutions and private banks, serving clients that include Pictet, Lombard Odier, Edmond de Rothschild, Syz, and Barclays. The company’s platform helps financial organizations manage client data, compliance workflows, and lifecycle processes in secure environments.
The expanded partnership aims to develop an AI-powered Compliance Copilot built on post-quantum security infrastructure. The platform will integrate post-quantum cryptography, quantum-resistant hardware security modules, secure digital identity frameworks, and blockchain-based trust technologies to help financial institutions address future cybersecurity threats posed by quantum computing.
The companies plan to create a platform that supports client onboarding, transaction monitoring, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, know-your-customer (KYC) processes, and periodic reviews across the client lifecycle. Additional development initiatives include quantum-resistant authentication, trusted AI governance, secure transaction signing, confidential AI processing, encrypted data management, and quantum-resilient digital identity systems.
SEALSQ and Wecan Group will also collaborate with parent company WISeKey International Holding to integrate the WISeID digital identity ecosystem into banking, wealth management, digital asset platforms, and blockchain applications. The integration is expected to support secure customer authentication, digital signatures, identity verification, onboarding, and access management through post-quantum-secure technologies.
The companies said the combined capabilities of Wecan Group’s compliance platform, SEALSQ’s post-quantum cryptographic technologies, and WISeKey’s digital identity infrastructure are intended to create an integrated quantum-resilient trust platform for financial institutions and digital asset ecosystems.
Carlos Moreira, CEO of SEALSQ, said the investment advances the company’s strategy of bringing post-quantum security to highly regulated industries while addressing the convergence of cybersecurity, compliance automation, digital identity, trusted AI, and blockchain security.
Vincent Pignon, Founder and CEO of Wecan Group, said the investment marks a new growth phase for the company and will help accelerate deployment of its Compliance Management Copilot while strengthening its infrastructure with post-quantum security capabilities.
KEY QUOTES:
“Our majority investment in Wecan Group represents a significant step in SEALSQ’s strategy to bring post-quantum security to the most sensitive sectors of the global economy. Financial institutions and digital asset platforms are entering a new era in which cybersecurity, compliance automation, digital identity and trusted AI must converge. At the same time, cryptocurrencies and blockchain infrastructures must evolve toward quantum resilience to preserve long-term trust and security. By combining SEALSQ’s post-quantum technologies, Wecan Group’s expertise in private banking compliance infrastructure and WISeKey’s trusted digital identity ecosystem, we aim to deliver a secure and scalable trust platform for the financial industry and the digital asset economy worldwide.”
Carlos Moreira, CEO, SEALSQ
“Wecan Group was created to help financial institutions manage trust, compliance and sensitive client information more efficiently. With SEALSQ as a majority shareholder and strategic technology partner, we are entering a new phase of growth. This investment will allow us to accelerate the deployment of our Compliance Management Copilot and strengthen our infrastructure with post-quantum security capabilities, providing banks and financial institutions with future-ready solutions for client lifecycle.”
Vincent Pignon, Founder and CEO, Wecan Group
