Sekur to accept cryptocurrency as payment by year-end

Executive Summary

• Sekur Private Data Ltd. has received auditor approval to accept cryptocurrency as a payment method for its Swiss-hosted privacy communications solutions, with integration expected by the fourth quarter of the current year.
• The company is targeting the crypto community and privacy-conscious clients by offering enhanced anonymity features, including 20 alias emails and a no-phone-number policy for its messaging platform.
• The move aims to counter rising cyber threats such as business email compromise (BEC) attacks and identity theft, leveraging Sekur’s proprietary, non-data-mining infrastructure hosted in Switzerland.

Key Details

• Auditor Approval: Received written approval from auditors to accept any cryptocurrency for settlement, with the company settling in fiat currencies.
• Integration Timeline: The company is evaluating SOC 2 certified payment processors and expects the integration to be completed by the fourth quarter of this year.
• Market Context: The release cites a Chainalysis study noting over $2.17 billion stolen from crypto services in 2025, with personal wallet compromises representing 23.35% of stolen fund activity year-to-date.
• New Product Features:
  • Alias Emails: Individual plans now include 20 alias emails to enhance anonymity.
  • SekurMessenger: Offers privacy via a no-phone-number registration policy and allows chats between SekurMessenger and non-SekurMessenger users through an "invite" feature.
  • Security Protections: Countermeasures against BEC attacks, SMS phishing, chat application hacks, and internet spying.
• Infrastructure: Solutions are proprietary and hosted exclusively in Switzerland to comply with strict privacy standards, including the Federal Act on Data Protection (since 1993), ensuring no contact mining, no location mining, and no data mining.

Notable Quotes

• "We are very pleased and thankful to our auditors for understanding the needs of our client base and the evolving trends in the payment industry. We are actively looking for a SOC2 compliant payment processor that would suit our needs and should be able to integrate multiple digital currencies by year-end to the Sekur solutions platform payment system. With this, Sekur can now increase its reach to a new market looking for protection from identity theft." — Alain Ghiai, Chief Executive Officer