Credit Suisse Group is one of the world-leading financial services companies. The group is established as a result of a merger of Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse First Boston in 2005. After the merger, there are only two big banks left - UBS AG and the Credit Suisse Group, taking together over 50% of the balance sheet total of all banks in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is domiciled in Zürich and has branches in Cayman, Dubai, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Labuan, London, Luxemburg, Madrid, Milano, Nassau, New York, Paris, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto.
Bank Coop AG was founded in 1927, under the name of Cooperative Central Bank. The bank has the status of a joint stock company. In December 1999, the majority of Coop Bank shares was acquired by Basler Kantonalbank. Bank Coop is marketing and sales orientated bank offering banking services to personal customers, small and medium-sized businesses. The product range includes a comprehensive range of accounts, business and property financing facilities, commercial credits, expert investment advice with handling of securities transactions. The bank has advisory centres in Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Zurich and Lugano, but no branches outside Switzerland or foreign subsidiaries in the financial sector.
| Year | Equity | Capital | Reserves | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17,946,199 637,800 | 4,399,665 337,500 | 13,546,534 300,300 | 222,389,307 9,582,988 |
| 2003 | 17,946,199 639,100 | 4,399,665 337,500 | 13,546,534 301,600 | 217,425,040 9,981,296 |
| 2004 | 17,957,688 640,400 | 4,399,665 337,500 | 13,558,023 302,900 | 288,052,537 10,228,144 |
| 2005 | 23,734,561 646,700 | 4,399,665 337,500 | 19,334,896 309,200 | 550,903,039 11,233,463 |
| 2006 | 23,700,092 653,100 | 4,399,665 337,500 | 19,300,427 315,600 | 612,631,299 11,567,256 |