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“From my point of view, there is a significant overlap”
Jan Blöchliger, Member of the Executive Board of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and Head of the Banks division, talks about the role of ...
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A lighthouse doesn’t have to be big; it has to be bright!
Which country can claim that sustainability is embedded in its constitution? That’s right, it’s Switzerland. This is not only commendable, the country also ...
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A sector undergoing structural change and the pitfalls of statistics…
Banks’ value chains are increasingly spread across multiple supplier industries, so it is no longer possible to track the sector’s performance using simple ...
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Banking Barometer 2019 - Banks in Switzerland defy challenging environment
The banks in Switzerland are operating in a challenging business environment: uncertainties relating to economic policy, restrictions to market access and the ...
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Banking Barometer 2020
Banks: a mainstay of the economy – and not just in times of crisis
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BLKB: Switzerland’s forward-looking bank
Marilen Dürr, Head of CSR and Sustainability at BLKB, explains how her bank is systematically addressing how to embed sustainability in all of its business ...
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Coronavirus: federal government and banks launch SME loan programme. Rapid support for Swiss economy
The programme announced by the Federal Council to grant loans with joint and several guarantees for small and medium-sized enterprises takes effect as of 26 ...
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COVID-19 loans mainly granted to small enterprises
Since the launch of the SME loan programme by the federal government and banks on 26 March 2020, around 125,000 credit facilities with a total volume of around ...
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FOEN climate compatibility test: Swiss financial centre on the way to more sustainability
The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has recommended that its members take the voluntary climate compatibility test set by the Federal Office for the ...
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From the banks’ perspective, the “termination initiative” should be rejected
On 27 September 2020, the “termination initiative” will be put to the vote in Switzerland. The popular initiative aims to end the free movement of persons ...
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insight #2.20