Home Europe Switzerland

Banks in Switzerland

Credit Suisse head office Clariden Leu Pictet & Cie Bank Sarasin & Cie UBS
Credit Suisse Clariden Leu Pictet & Cie Sarasin & Co UBS
  • Bank Coop – A universal bank operating across the country. As a marketing and sales orientated retail bank, it provides a wide range of banking services needed by personal customers and small and medium-sized businesses.
  • BCGE (Banque Cantonale de Genève) – A full-service regional bank. BCGE provides the community with the Canton's densest banking network, with more than 20 offices and over 125 ATMs.
  • BCV (Banque Cantonale Vaudoise) – BCV operates in the French speaking part of Switzerland, the Canton of Vaud.
  • BEKB-BCBE (Cantonal Bank of Berne) operates 78 branches in and around Berne, focusing on providing commercial banking and lending products and services to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Bank for International Settlements – BIS is an international organisation which serves as a bank for central banks.
  • BKB (Basler Kantonalbank) – BKB is a universal bank in Basel and throughout the region. Since 2000, Basler has had a majority holding in Bank Coop, which is active throughout Switzerland.
  • BSI – An institution that specialises in asset management and related services for private and institutional clients. In 1998 BSI became part of one of the world's leading insurance and financial companies, the Generali Group.
  • Clariden Leu – Clariden Leu is an exclusive Swiss private bank with over 250 years of experience in Swiss private banking. It is one of the largest private banks in Switzerland and serves wealthy clients, external asset managers and institutional clients.
  • Credit Suisse – A multinational financial services company with offices in 25 countries. It is also a leading bank for private, corporate and institutional customers in Switzerland.
  • EFG Bank European Financial Group – A Swiss bank based in Geneva. It owns 49% of EFG International, a global private banking group specialising in private banking and asset management.
  • Graubündner Kantonalbank – A part of the 24 Cantonal bank's serving Switzerland's 26 cantons.
  • Habib Bank AG Zurich – A commercial bank incorporated in Switzerland. It is privately owned and managed by the Habib family. The Bank was founded in 1967.
  • Julius Baer – One of the largest private banks in Switzerland. At the end of December 2010, the Group’s total assets amounted to US$ 49.68 billion, with assets under management accounting for US$ 182.11 billion.
  • Rothschild Bank – The Bank was established in Zurich in 1968. It provides private banking and asset management services to wealthy individuals, families, trusts, and charities around the world.
  • SGKB (St. Galler Kantonalbank) – SGKB was founded in 1868 to provide the local population and the small and middle-sized companies in the Canton of St. Gallen. The Canton of St. Gallen as majority shareholder owns 54.8% of the share capital. SGKB is a stock corporation since 2001.
  • Sarasin & Cie – Sarasin is one of Switzerland's largest private banks. The Bank’s core activities include investment advisory and asset management services for private and institutional clients.
  • Swiss Bankers Association – The leading site on swiss banking, finance, banking secrecy, private banking and etc.
  • Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) – One of the major Swiss asset management banks for both private and institutional clients. With a Tier-1 ratio of 24%, UBP is one of best-capitalised private banks.
  • UBS – A leading global wealth manager, investment banking and securities firm, and the second-largest asset management company in the world. It has operations in more than 50 countries.
  • Valiant Holding AG – A Swiss financial services provider. It operates through a network of more than 100 local branches in the Swiss cantons of Aargau, Basel, Berne, Fribourg, Jura, Lucerne, Solothurn, Waandt and Zug.
  • Vontobel Holding AG provides wealth management services for private and institutional clients and investment banking services. The firm principally operates in Switzerland, European countries, Americas and other countries.
  • WIR Bank – An independent complementary currency system that serves small and medium-sized enterprises. Established in October 1934 in Zurich, it has around 80,000 members.

Family Owned Swiss Banks

Top Swiss Banks

Company Market Cap ($b, 3/2010) Assets ($b, 12/2009)
1 UBS 48.58 1,297
2 Credit Suisse Group 53.93 997.7
3 Julius Baer Group 6.44 41.33
4 BCV Group 3.84 34.57
5 Basler Kantonalbank 3.39 31.77
6 Luzerner Kantonalbank 2.27 23.21
7 St. Galler Kantonalbank 2.52 22.74
8 Valiant Holding 3.06 22.13
9 BEKB-BCBE 2.03 21.53
10 Vontobel Holding - 19.82
11 UBP (Union Bancaire Privée) - 19.49
12 EFG International 2.02 17.73
13 BCGE (Banque Cantonale de Genève) - 15.47
14 GAM Holding 2.29 3.06