Search Results for: Credit Swiss
Credit Suisse challenges court order to pay $288 mn in mortage suit
September 9th, 2015
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse on Monday challenged a court ruling ordering it to pay a US hedge fund $287.5 million (257.6 million euros) in a case linked to the burst housing bubble. A court in the US state ...
Swiss issuers to weather forex storm
August 26th, 2015
The ‘Swiss Credit Handbook 2015’ published today by Credit Suisse contains the credit profiles of the most important Swiss issuers and participants in the Swiss franc capital market. Assessments of the creditworthiness of the different entities covered by Credit Suisse credit ...
SIX and Swisscom join forces to establish a mobile payment solution
August 5th, 2015
SIX and Swisscom join forces with Swiss banks to promote Paymit and create added value for customers and retail SIX and Swisscom are working towards a strategic partnership to establish a Switzerland-wide, universal mobile payment solution in collaboration with ...
Swiss banks win German market access after long-running tax tiff
July 17th, 2015
Swiss banks can more easily take on clients in neighbouring Germany, the Swiss government said on Thursday, after a deal that ends a lengthy standoff between the two countries over hidden offshore accounts. Germany’s wealthy have traditionally been the ...
Justice Department Announces Two Banks Reach Resolutions under Swiss Bank Program
July 10th, 2015
Banque Pasche SA Will Pay $7.229 Million Penalty and ARVEST Privatbank AG Will Pay $1.044 Million Penalty; Both Continue to Cooperate With Department of Justice The Department of Justice announced today that two banks, Banque Pasche SA and ARVEST ...
Swiss National Bank President Thomas Jordan confirmed on Monday that the central bank intervened in markets overnight
June 29th, 2015
Swiss Step Into Currency Market as Greece Adds to SNB’s Woes Greece’s decision to effectively call a public vote on its euro-area membership is one more blow for Switzerland, the country where overwhelming demand for its currency is pushing ...
Barclays Selects JPMorgan to Replace Credit Suisse as Broker
June 25th, 2015
Barclays Plc picked JPMorgan Chase & Co. to replace Credit Suisse Group AG as a corporate broker amid a review of the bank’s performance by new Chairman John McFarlane. Deutsche Bank AG retained its advisory role. JPMorgan was chosen ...
SNB says progress needed from biggest Swiss banks on capital
June 18th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) on Thursday welcomed the improvement made by the country’s biggest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, to their capital strength in the past year but said further progress was needed. “The SNB recommends that the ...
Swiss Private Bank BSI SA Admits Aiding U.S. Tax Cheats, Will Pay $211 Million
March 31st, 2015
In a deal with U.S. prosecutors, Swiss private bank BSI SA agreed today to pay a $211 million penalty and hand over leads on more than 3,000 accounts with U.S. ties, as well as the actual names of an ...
The tiny broker who won on the Swiss Franc shock
March 25th, 2015
Some of the big guys lost on the Swiss franc. Turns out, one of the little guys won. While the likes of Citigroup Inc. and Saxo Bank A/S got stung when Switzerland abruptly let the franc soar in mid-January, ...
