![]() History Early history Schweizerische Kreditanstalt headquarters in 1895 Share of the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt in Zurich, issued The inside of a Credit Suisse building in the 1930s Logo in 1972Ĭredit Suisse's founder, Alfred Escher, was called "the spiritual father of the railway law of 1852", for his work defeating the idea of a state-run railway system in Switzerland in favor of privatization. ![]() UBS completed the acquisition in June 2023. On 19 March 2023, following negotiations with the Swiss government, UBS announced its intent to acquire Credit Suisse for $3.25 billion (CHF 3 billion) in order to prevent the bank's collapse. By the end of 2022, Credit Suisse had approximately CHF 1.3 trillion in assets under management. The bank was at the center of multiple international investigations for tax avoidance (such as the famous "Suisse Secrets" scandal) which culminated in a guilty plea and the forfeiture of US$2.6 billion in fines from 2008 to 2012. The company was one of the least affected banks during the global financial crisis, but afterwards began shrinking its investment business, executing layoffs and cutting costs. From 1990 to 2000, the company purchased institutions such as Winterthur Group, Swiss Volksbank, Swiss American Securities Inc. Credit Suisse partnered with First Boston in 1978 before buying a controlling share of the bank in 1988. In the 1900s, it began shifting to retail banking in response to the elevation of the middle class and competition from fellow Swiss banks UBS and Julius Bär. It issued loans that helped create Switzerland's electrical grid and the European rail system. Credit Suisse is also a primary dealer and Forex counterparty of the Federal Reserve in the United States.Ĭredit Suisse was founded in 1856 to fund the development of Switzerland's rail system. The Financial Stability Board considers it to be a global systemically important bank. It is known for strict bank–client confidentiality and banking secrecy. Headquartered in Zürich, it maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world and provides services in investment banking, private banking, asset management, and shared services. ![]() 'Swiss Credit') was a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Group AG ( French pronunciation:, lit. ![]()
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