Raiffeisen Schweiz

Raiffeisen Schweiz (Raiffeisen Switzerland) is the second largest banking group in the Swiss banking market, with more than 3.5 million private customers, almost 232,000 corporate clients and more than 2 million cooperative members. Its member banks are represented at 748 locations across Switzerland, within a ten-minute drive of more than 90 per cent of the population. Raiffeisen has been operating in Switzerland for over 112 years. Raiffeisen Schweiz is the principal subsidiary of Raiffeisen Group and acts as its central institution. With over 11,000 employees, the Group holds a market share of 18.9% in mortgage lending and 15.1% in customer deposits. Raiffeisen Group comprises 208 cooperatively structured Raiffeisen banks together with Raiffeisen Schweiz and its subsidiary companies. Raiffeisen states that it has no holdings in or affiliations with other entities named Raiffeisen outside Switzerland, apart from its wholly owned subsidiary Raiffeisen Switzerland B.V. in Amsterdam, which issues structured products for the Group. The individual Raiffeisen banks are legally and organizationally independent cooperatives which grouped into 21 regional associations. In January 2012, Raiffeisen acquired Notenstein Privatbank AG, which has been assigned the non-US business of Wegelin & Co. In 2015, Notenstein Private Bank acquired Bank La Roche & Co Ltd and changed its name to Notenstein La Roche Private Bank Ltd. In May 2018, Raiffeisen agreed to sell Notenstein La Roche Private Bank Ltd to Bank Vontobel AG for approximately CHF 700 million in order to concentrate on private clients with low to medium assets; the business was migrated to Vontobel on 1 October 2018 and the Notenstein La Roche name was retired. Raiffeisen Switzerland carries long-term issuer default ratings of AA- from both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, with a stable outlook. As of December 31, 2016, Raiffeisen Group had total assets of CHF 218.590 billion, customer deposits of CHF 158.3 billion, loans of CHF 173.6 billion and assets under management of CHF 202.8 billion. As reported on the Group’s investor relations page in September 2026, its balance sheet total stood at CHF 335 billion, with a Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 21.2% and a TLAC ratio of 28.0%.

Head office address:
Raiffeisenplatz
CH-9001 St.Gallen
Switzerland
Phone number: +41 71 225 88 88
Fax: +41 71 225 88 87
Website: www.raiffeisen.ch

Visiting Address:
Brandschenkestrasse 110 d
8002 Zürich

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