Based on articles 28 (2) and 34 (3) of the Banking Act, as amended (BA), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has opened on 16 January 2012 a consultation, which has come to an end on 2 March 2012, on the complete revision of the FINMA Bank Bankruptcy Ordinance (BBO-FINMA). More precisely, the BBO-FINMA is intended to be repealed and replaced by the new Ordinance of the Federal Authority on the supervision of financial markets on the Insolvency of Banks and Securities Dealers (Bank Insolvency Ordinance-FINMA, BIO-FINMA or the Ordinance). The current draft of the BIO-FINMA provides for some innovations which are worth noting and may even have an impact on the competitiveness of the Swiss financial place as regards derivatives, securities lending and repo transactions.