Legend:

  • Branches of foreign banks

    Most of these banks operate in the field of investment banking; some of them also focus on asset management for foreign clients.

    These are international banks focused particularly on the country of origin. As in respects of their legal status, they are not legal entities in their own right, being subordinate to their parent company.

    A licence is required for any foreign bank that wishes to establish a registered office, branch office or agency in Switzerland. Additional information may be found in the Ordinance on Foreign Banks in Switzerland (Foreign Bank Ordinance).

    The Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland: since 1972, includes all foreign banks represented in Switzerland. Foreign banks include both the foreign-controlled banks operating under Swiss law and the branches of foreign banks operating in Switzerland.

 
Branches of foreign banks
  Banks, staff, branches Assets Liabilities Profit and Loss
Year Banks count Bank staff amount Bank registered offices count Amount of banks local branches Amount of banks foreign branches Total amount of banks branches Banks total assets Banks liquid assets Banks money market paper held Banks claims against banks Banks claims against customers Banks mortgage claims Banks securities and precious metals trading portfolios Banks money market paper issued Banks liabilities towards banks Banks liabilities towards customers Mediumterm bank issued notes Bonds and loans by central mortgage bond institutions Banks total equity Banks capital Banks net interest income Banks net income from commission business and services Banks profit for year Banks loss for year
1972 — — — — — — 6,164 294 138 3,463 1,937 16 144 16 3,813 1,657 9 0 450 421 — — — —
1973 — — — — — — 6,134 306 252 3,310 1,726 18 205 11 3,615 1,640 9 0 497 469 — — — —
1974 — — — — — — 5,718 427 307 2,624 1,868 43 184 9 2,934 1,880 9 0 594 565 — — — —
1975 — — — — — — 5,878 354 376 3,050 1,688 42 205 18 3,127 1,858 15 0 605 562 — — — —
1976 — — — — — — 6,249 514 382 3,236 1,727 43 174 30 3,327 2,014 52 0 607 565 — — — —
1977 — — — — — — 6,378 440 404 3,227 1,832 61 228 16 3,202 2,116 114 0 672 627 — — — —
1978 — — — — — — 6,848 704 266 3,046 2,242 57 278 56 3,595 1,927 221 0 742 690 — — — —
1979 — — — — — — 7,682 429 271 3,979 2,216 82 457 42 4,351 1,959 233 0 806 739 — — — —
1980 — — — — — — 9,215 494 249 4,570 2,891 77 591 41 5,440 2,245 263 0 857 778 — — — —
1981 — — — — — — 10,817 412 360 5,285 3,471 95 585 51 5,968 2,980 284 0 996 855 — — — —
1982 17 — — — — — 12,398 578 428 5,370 4,333 100 865 41 7,003 3,414 313 0 1,144 937 — — — —
1983 17 — — — — — 11,901 535 346 4,806 4,350 143 1,058 35 6,531 3,338 338 0 1,197 966 — — — —
1984 15 — — — — — 14,195 380 405 6,657 5,017 85 1,095 49 9,514 3,222 313 0 509 428 — — — —
1985 16 — — — — — 15,985 517 671 8,101 5,116 72 994 34 11,552 2,697 267 0 494 415 — — — —
1986 16 — — — — — 18,178 521 1,076 9,716 5,178 46 981 54 13,787 2,740 184 0 423 369 — — — —
1987 17 — — — — — 19,894 679 1,168 10,704 5,470 41 918 31 15,836 2,444 130 0 421 365 — — — —
1988 17 — — — — — 24,071 356 1,124 14,347 5,783 76 1,007 25 20,150 2,180 94 0 396 320 — — — —
1989 17 — — — — — 27,432 393 1,106 17,610 5,613 160 921 36 23,367 2,069 64 0 232 199 — — — —
1990 16 — — — — — 18,479 454 812 9,248 5,272 220 615 69 14,300 1,980 53 0 298 255 — — — —
1991 16 — — — — — 15,201 258 802 7,706 4,391 220 378 44 12,356 1,566 33 0 257 239 — — — —
1992 14 — — — — — 11,356 160 436 5,622 3,887 180 166 17 8,510 1,709 26 0 250 239 — — — —
1993 13 — — — — — 11,385 165 507 5,763 3,796 181 411 17 8,519 1,684 9 0 198 183 — — — —
1994 13 — — — — — 13,915 117 437 7,395 4,488 194 828 18 10,991 1,592 11 0 191 183 — — — —
1995 14 — — — — — 15,566 164 757 6,777 4,287 216 2,259 9 12,464 1,574 8 0 346 331 — — — —
1996 16 — — — — — 18,576 263 811 8,612 5,231 89 1,490 15 13,649 2,015 10 0 317 343 — — — —
1997 18 — — — — — 23,906 161 844 11,421 6,566 55 1,135 10 17,210 2,327 26 0 287 274 — — — —
1998 21 — — — — — 27,320 662 892 10,962 6,804 147 5,001 6 18,213 2,849 26 0 242 204 — — — —
1999 21 — — — — — 21,534 1,052 758 7,551 4,801 146 4,805 25 13,163 2,683 17 0 119 140 — — — —
2000 23 — — — — — 18,843 631 1,043 7,649 5,665 190 2,057 16 14,188 2,096 0 0 103 54 — — — —
2001 25 — — — — — 17,010 367 705 8,021 5,614 226 868 10 13,771 2,134 1 0 17 60 — — — —
2002 25 — — — — — 16,436 629 953 8,334 4,974 258 489 2 12,746 2,321 1 0 181 127 — — — —
2003 26 — — — — — 16,013 640 367 8,761 4,024 298 1,319 0 12,852 2,001 1 0 225 134 — — — —
2004 25 — — — — — 14,925 488 210 6,440 3,961 321 2,517 0 11,714 2,014 2 0 240 146 — — — —
2005 28 — — — — — 17,427 620 231 7,669 4,986 459 2,430 0 13,710 2,172 1 0 284 151 — — — —
2006 29 — — — — — 23,657 669 94 10,225 5,597 569 5,416 0 19,498 2,115 1 0 374 159 — — — —
 

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