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Credit Suisse was also a primary dealer and Forex counterparty of the Federal Reserve in the United States. Credit Suisse was founded in 1856 to fund the development of Switzerland's rail system. It issued loans that helped create Switzerland's electrical grid and the European rail system.
The final deal to purchase Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion ($3.2 billion) was accepted by the board of Credit Suisse prior to the opening of Asian financial markets on Monday morning. The acquisition was an all-stock deal, with Credit Suisse shareholders receiving 1 UBS share per 22.48 Credit Suisse shares, equivalent to CHF 0.76 per share.
ZURICH (Reuters) -A top Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted Credit Suisse, now part of UBS, of failing to prevent money laundering by a Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang, overturning a 2022 ...
UBS will keep the Swiss business of Credit Suisse but will retire its brand. UBS says it plans to cut costs by $10 billion. UBS also announced at the end of August 2023 that money outflows have stopped at Credit Suisse. [215] In early September 2023, UBS had clearly profited from the takeover as its stocks were increasingly valuable.
Credit Suisse on Thursday said it would borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss central bank to shore up liquidity and investor confidence after a slump in its shares intensified fears about a ...
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Credit Suisse Group was the second-largest Swiss bank. [93] Based in Zürich and founded in 1856, Credit Suisse offers private banking, investment banking and asset management services. [93] It acquired the First Boston Corporation in 1988 and merged with the Winterthur insurance company in 1997; the latter was sold to AXA in 2006. [94]
At the time of the merger, Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation were the second and third largest banks in Switzerland, respectively both trailing Credit Suisse. [14] Discussions between the two banks had begun several months earlier, less than a year after rebuffing Credit Suisse's merger overtures. [15]