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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 ...

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 ...

Banks’ value chains are increasingly spread across multiple supplier industries, so it is no longer possible to track the sector’s performance using simple ...

The banks in Switzerland are operating in a challenging business environment: uncertainties relating to economic policy, restrictions to market access and the ...

Banks: a mainstay of the economy – and not just in times of crisis

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the BAK Economics study on the importance of the financial sector, the dynamic development of the banking sector only becomes apparent if one takes a closer ...

There is no doubt about it: cash has taken a hit in the wake of COVID-19. But: in order to understand the true changes in consumer payment habits during the ...