641908 Foreign-controlled banks


Many foreign-controlled banks operate in all field of business, but some of them focus on asset management or investment banking. In the case of asset management, the clientele is usually foreign. A bank is deemed to be foreign-controlled if foreigners with a qualified participation in the bank directly or indirectly hold more than one half of its voting shares, or if they exercise a controlling interest in any other manner.

banks, foreign control

Codification rules

Banks

Banking is coded based on the Swiss National Bank (SNB):
• NOGA codes concerned: 641901 to 641911
• Annual publication of a list of all institutions of banking statistics
• Link : www.snb.ch -> Statistics -> Statistical publications -> Banks in Switzerland
https://www.snb.ch/de/iabout/stat/statrep/id/statpub_bankench

Corresponding NOGA2002 codes