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Postfinance Ltd (own spelling PostFinance) is a subsidiary company of the state-owned Swiss Post, [3] whose foundations date back to the early 20th century as the financial services department of Swiss Post. [4] Postfinance is active in retail banking and business client business and as such is one of the largest Swiss financial institutions. [5]
Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva; Barclays Capital, 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 (Switzerland) SA (No offices anymore in Switzerland)
In November 2013, the Zürcher Kantonalbank was classified as a systemically important bank in Switzerland by order of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), alongside UBS, Credit Suisse, Raiffeisen (Switzerland) and PostFinance, and must meet stricter capital requirements and prepare contingency plans for times of crisis. [23]
Zurich Cantonal Bank (German: Zürcher Kantonalbank, or ZKB) is the largest cantonal bank and fourth largest bank in Switzerland, with total assets of over CHF 150 billion. [ 1 ] ZKB, as an independent, incorporated public-law institution, is wholly owned by the canton of Zürich .
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, asset management, and asset servicing, to private clients and institutions.
[12] [13] Nationally, Swissquote also established a partnership with PostFinance. [14] In January 2015, following the Swiss National Bank's decision to discontinue the minimum exchange rate of 1.20 CHF per euro, Swissquote allocated a reserve of 25 million Swiss francs to maintaining its financial stability. [15]
Some cantonal banks offer 100% deposit insurance to their clients, [2] whereas Swiss-domiciled banks are insured for a maximum of 100,000 CHF via the esisuisse deposit insurance scheme. [ 3 ] There are 24 cantonal banks, one in each canton of the country, except for the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , which sold its bank to banking rival ...
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