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The Credit Suisse Group


In 1993, CS Holding acquired Swiss Volksbank (SVB) and created the new Credit Suisse Group of two full-service banks, Credit Suisse and Swiss Volksbank, and their subsidiaries.

The Credit Suisse Sub-Group consists of Credit Suisse and its subsidiaries, including Credit Suisse Financial Products, a joint venture with CS First Boston. Over 500 subsidiaries (421 in Switzerland and 91 abroad) provide a full range of banking services



Credit Suisse group, from left: Fritz G. Müller,
Holger Schwarzer, Elgard Schultz, Helen Helbling,
Marcel Oberer

Credit Suisse, as an internationally active full-service bank, provides financial services to large companies, institutional and private investors, and retail banking customers. It has established itself as a bank in which innovation and tradition go hand The SVB Sub-Group, which includes Swiss Volksbank and its 14 subsidiaries, offers full-service banking with an emphasis on small- and medium-sized businesses.

Within Switzerland, SVB is well known as a bank with a broad customer base throughout the country. It provides the banking services that Swiss customers typically require, while always guaranteeing high quality and low costs. SVB's strengths include its s The Credit Suisse Group is part of CS Holding, one of the leading financial service groups in the world. Operating from some 500 offices worldwide and employing more than 50,000 people, CS Holding is active on all five continents and in all the world's pr Other Group companies of CS Holding are:

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