Systemically Important Banks

Globally Systemically Important Banks

UBS Group AG UBS Group AG is a multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland. Co-headquartered in the cities of Zürich and Basel, it maintains a presence in all major financial centres ...

Credit Suisse Group AG Credit Suisse Group AG is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world and is one of the nine global " ...

Domestically Systemically Important Banks

Zurich Cantonal Bank Zurich Cantonal Bank (german: Zürcher Kantonalbank, or ZKB) is the largest cantonal bank and fourth largest bank in Switzerland, as well as the leading financial services provider in the Greater Zurich area, with total assets of over CHF 150 bi ...

Banque cantonale vaudoise Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) is the cantonal bank of the Swiss Canton of Vaud. Headquartered in Lausanne, it is Vaud's biggest bank by balance sheet. BCV is a universal bank providing retail banking, corporate banking, wealth management, and ...

* Raiffeisen *

PostFinance PostFinance is the financial services unit of Swiss Post which was founded in 1906. It is the fifth largest retail financial institution in Switzerland. Its main area of activity is in the national and international payments and a smaller but gr ...

Top-tier Swiss banks

Other Swiss-based banks with a significant presence domestically and overseas with considerable assets under management. *

Julius Baer Group Julius Bär Group AG, known alternatively as Julius Baer Group Ltd., is a private banking corporation founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it is among the older Swiss banking institutions. In terms of assets under managemen ...

Vontobel Vontobel Holding AG is a Swiss private banking and investment management group headquartered in Zurich. Established in 1924, as of August 2021, Vontobel has over 2,000 employees across 26 worldwide locations. Vontobel group's core businesses ar ...

Pictet Group The Pictet Group, known as Pictet, is a Swiss multinational private bank and financial services company founded in Switzerland. Headquartered in Geneva, it is one of the largest Swiss banks and primarily offers services in wealth management, ass ...

Lombard Odier The Lombard Odier Group is an independent Swiss banking group based in Geneva. Its operations are organised into three divisions: private banking (wealth management), asset management, and IT and back and middle office services for other financ ...

* J. Safra Sarasin * Union Bancaire Privee *

EFG International EFG International is a global private banking group offering private banking and asset management services, headquartered in Zurich. EFG International's group of private banking businesses operates in around 40 locations worldwide, with more than ...

Family-owned Swiss banks

* Banque Heritage * Bank SYZ * Bordier & Cie * Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique *

Edmond de Rothschild Group The Edmond de Rothschild Group is a financial institution specialized in private banking and asset management. Based in Geneva, the group is family-owned and independent, and encompasses the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations (philanthropic arm), ...

* Geneva Swiss Bank * Gonet & Cie * E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers *

Habib Bank AG Zurich Habib Bank AG Zurich is a Swiss multinational commercial bank which is based in Zurich, Switzerland. It has its operations in Hong Kong, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. History Habib Bank AG Zuric ...

* Hyposwiss Private Bank Genève SA *

Landolt & Cie Landolt & Cie, Banquiers was a Swiss private bank specializing in asset management for wealthy private customers, headquartered in Lausanne and founded in 1780 in Lausanne. On October 15, 2020 the shareholders made public that the private bank w ...

Lienhardt & Partner Privatbank Zürich Lienhardt & Partner Privatbank Zürich (until 2001 ''Gewerbebank Zürich'') is a traditional Swiss universal bank founded in 1868 and based in Zurich. Its core activities include private banking, financing and real estate. History This Zurich ...

Reichmuth & Co Reichmuth & Co is a Swiss private bank that was founded in Luzern, Switzerland, in 1988. It was the first private bank created in Switzerland in 80 years. Its general partners are Karl Reichmuth (President, since 1996), Christof Reichmuth (CEO ...

* REYL Group *

Union Bancaire Privée Union Bancaire Privée (UBP SA) is a private bank and wealth management firm headquartered in Geneva. UBP is one of the largest private banks in Switzerland, and serves private and institutional clients. The bank was founded in 1969 by Edgar de P ...

Rahn+Bodmer Rahn+Bodmer Co. is a Swiss private bank specialized in investment advisory and asset management. The company was founded in Zurich in 1750 as a History_of_silk#Silk_in_the_modern_day_(1760–present), silk trading house and today is the oldest ...

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Swiss branches of international banks

Foreign banks in Switzerland (2018-2017)

Belgium

AXA Bank Europe Axa Bank Belgium, located in Antwerp Belgium. Axa Group’s banking arm provides retail banking to individuals, and small companies in Belgium. The bank cooperates with Axa’s local insurance company. History In June 2007, Axa Group’s managem ...

, Brüssel, Zweigniederlassung Winterthur * Fortis Banque, SA/NV, Bruxelles, Succursale de Zurich * STRATEO, Genève, Succursale de Keytrade Bank SA, Bruxelles, Geneva

Brazil

* Itaú Private Bank, Zürich

Denmark

Jyske Bank Jyske Bank A/S is the third largest Denmark, Danish bank in terms of market share. The headquarters are located in Silkeborg, and the bank has 98 branches in Denmark, and a single one in Germany (Hamburg). It is the second-largest bank to be lis ...

(Schweiz) AG *

Nordea Bank Nordea Bank Abp, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a European financial services group operating in northern Europe and based in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a blend of the words "Nordic" and "idea". The bank is the result of the successive m ...

S.A., Luxemburg, Zweigniederlassung Zürich

France

* Banque du Léman SA, Geneva * BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, Geneva * Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA, Geneva * Société Générale Private Banking (Suisse) SA, Geneva

Germany

* Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva

Israel

* Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd * Bank Leumi (Schweiz) AG, Geneva * IDB (Swiss) Bank Ltd, Geneva * United Mizrahi Bank (Schweiz) AG

Italy

Intesa Sanpaolo Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. is an Italian international banking group. It is Italy's largest bank by total assets and the world's 27th largest. It was formed through the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI in 2007, but has a corporate identity s ...

, Geneva * Sella Bank AG, Geneva * UniCredit (Suisse) Bank SA, Zurich *Banca Popolare di Sondrio (Suisse), Lugano

Japan

* Mitsubishi UFJ Wealth Management Bank (Switzerland), Ltd. * Nomura Bank (Schweiz) AG

Lebanon

*BankMed (Suisse) SA, Geneva * Banque Audi (Suisse) SA, Geneva *BlomBank (Suisse) SA, Geneva

Liechtenstein

LGT Bank LGT Group is the largest family-owned private banking and asset management group in the world. LGT, originally known as The Liechtenstein Global Trust, is owned by the princely House of Liechtenstein through the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundatio ...

(Schweiz) AG, Basel

Luxembourg

* KBL (Switzerland) Ltd, Geneva

Middle East

* Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd, Geneva * NBAD Private Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva * NBK Banque Privée (Suisse) SA, Geneva * QNB Banque Privée (Suisse) SA, Geneva

Netherlands

* Credit Europe Bank (SA), Geneva *

ING Bank N.V. Geneva Branch Ing, ING or ing may refer to: Art and media * '' ...ing'', a 2003 Korean film * i.n.g, a Taiwanese girl group * The Ing, a race of dark creatures in the 2004 video game '' Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' * "Ing", the first song on The Roches' 1992 ...

, Geneva * Van Lanschot Switzerland, ZurichDutch Business Round Table Zwitserland Van Lanschot Zwitserland investeert in versterking in Zürich en Genève https://dbrt.ch/nieuws/lanschot-versterkt-aanwezigheid-zwitserland/ Accessed 15 January 2021

Portugal

* Banque Privée BCP (Suisse) SA, Geneva

Russia

Sberbank PJSC Sberbank (russian: Сбербанк, initially a contraction of russian: сберегательный банк, translit=sberegatelnyy bank, lit=savings bank, link=no) is a Russian majority state-owned banking and financial services compa ...

, Zurich *

VTB Capital VTB Capital (russian: ВТБ Капитал) is a Russian investment bank. It is one of the three strategic business arms of VTB Group, along with the corporate and retail businesses. VTB Capital has been ranked among the top investment banks in ...

, Zug

South Africa

Investec Investec is an Anglo-South African international banking and wealth management group. It provides a range of financial products and services to a client base in Europe, Southern Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Investec is dual-listed on the London S ...

Bank (Switzerland) AG

Spain

* Banco Santander (Suisse) SA, Geneva * NCG Banco S.A., succursale de Genève, Geneva

United Kingdom

* Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva *

Barclays Capital Barclays () is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. Barclays traces ...

, Zurich Branch of Barclays Bank PLC, London * HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva * IG Bank S.A., Geneva * Lloyds Bank plc, Londres, succursale de Genève, Geneva ''*

Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered plc is a multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around ...

(Switzerland) SA'' ''(No offices anymore in Switzerland)''

United States

Citibank Citibank, N. A. (N. A. stands for " National Association") is the primary U.S. banking subsidiary of financial services multinational Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, and later became First National City ...

, NA, Las Vegas, Succursale de Genève *

, NA, Las Vegas, Zurich Branch *

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...

Bank AG * JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Columbus, Succursale de Zurich * J.P. Morgan (Suisse) SA, Geneva *

Merrill Lynch Merrill (officially Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment bank ...

Capital Markets AG *

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment management and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in more than 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the fir ...

AG *

State Street Bank State Street Corporation is an American financial services and bank holding company headquartered at One Lincoln Street in Boston with operations worldwide. It is the list of oldest banks in continuous operation, second-oldest continually opera ...

GmbH, München, Zweigniederlassung Zürich

References

External links

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