31.01.2012
List of IBAN countries updated with the new country Bahrain
13.01.2012
Key facts and figures 2011 for the Swiss payment systems SIC and euroSIC.
09.01.2012
New monthly transaction and volume record for the Swiss interbank payment system in euro (euroSIC).
09.01.2012
In December, the Swiss SEPA payment route via euroSIC/SECB/STEP2 processed over 193,000 transactions worth more than EUR 2 billion – the best monthly results since the SEPA credit transfer launch.
14.12.2011
IBAN tool (Java and Windows) is updated.
30.11.2011
The new December edition of CLEARIT brings an interview with Hans-Rudolf Thönen, member of the PostFinance Board, reflecting on the evolution of IT from the little yellow payment book right up to today’s technical trends in payment traffic. This edition also focuses on the non participation by the Swiss franc in the European securities processing system TARGET2-Securities, on the current fraud situation in Europe concerning card payments, and reveals the reason why Germans still prefer to pay with cash rather than with credit cards.
07.11.2011
La Roche & Co Banquiers from Basel and Bank Frick & Co. from Liechtenstein are new SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme participants as of today. All in all, 152 financial institutions from Switzerland and Liechtenstein are connected to the EPC scheme, 121 thereof using the Swiss SEPA payment channel via euroSIC/SECB/STEP2.
10.10.2011
New monthly record for the Swiss franc interbank payment system: SIC processed transactions worth more than CHF 7775 billion in September. That is an increase of nearly CHF 2000 billion compared with the previous record in August 2011.
21.09.2011
VP Bank and Neue Bank from Liechtenstein's capital as well as the Alternative Bank Schweiz are the new SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme participants as of September 2011. Thus, 158 financial institutions from Switzerland and Liechtenstein are using the Swiss SEPA payment channel via euroSIC/SECB/STEP2.
08.09.2011
New monthly record for the Swiss franc interbank payment system: SIC processed transactions worth more than CHF 5885 billion in August. That is an increase of about CHF 800 billion compared with the previous record in June 2010.
24.08.2011
The Belgium based AXA Bank Europe will be joining the Swiss franc interbank payment system SIC. Thus it will be enabled to process its Swiss franc repo business directly through the financial market infrastructure Swiss Value Chain from the beginning of September 2011.
17.08.2011
The validation platform serves to promote the uniform application of the ISO 20022 standard for payments. It supports software providers/corporates and financial institutions to validate ISO 20022 messages.
26.07.2011
BNY Mellon Clearing International Limited, headquartered in Dublin, becomes the first Irish SIC participant as of the beginning of August.
21.07.2011
Sparkasse Hochrhein from Germany will be joining the Swiss franc interbank payment system SIC as of beginning of August 2011. SIC counts 378 participants, 108 thereof from outside Switzerland, mainly from Germany (47), the UK (24) and Austria (24). They use the SIC system primarily for the cash clearing of securities that are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the Eurex derivatives exchange.
23.05.2011
The south German Volksbank Hochrhein will be joining the Swiss franc interbank payment system SIC as of beginning of June 2011. SIC counts 376 participants, 106 thereof from outside Switzerland, mainly from Germany (46), the UK (24) and Austria (24).
15.04.2011
F. van Lanschot Bankiers are adhering to the SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme as of the beginning of May. The Swiss branch of oldest independent bank of The Netherlands will be using the Swiss SEPA payment channel via euroSIC/SECB/STEP2.
21.03.2011
The Austrian BKS Bank in Klagenfurt will be joining the interbank payment system for Swiss francs SIC as of beginning of April 2011.
18.03.2011
PostFinance is the sixth financial institution from Switzerland benefiting from the SEPA Direct Debit Service of SIX Group as of April 2011. They will be participating in the SEPA B2B Direct Debit Scheme of the European Payments Council.
14.03.2011
Banque Pasche SA is participating in the SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme. Thus, 154 financial institutions from Switzerland and Liechtenstein are using the Swiss SEPA payment channel via euroSIC/SECB/STEP2.
01.03.2011
New daily peak both in the SIC and euroSIC interbank payment system on February 28, 2011: The Swiss franc system handled 5,476,889 transactions, having broken the previous record of 5 million a year ago. The euro payment system processed a record high of 31,925 transactions compared to the previous one of 28,956 from April 6, 2010.
07.02.2011
UBS France SA opts for the SEPA Direct Debit Service of SIX Group. Nine Luxembourg financial institutions, five Swiss banks, two each from Germany and Monaco as well as a Spanish Bank are already enabled to process direct debits within the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) through the Swiss financial market infrastructure.
03.02.2011
SIX Group's SEPA Direct Debit Service reports a 1,400% increase in direct debit transactions. Compared to the December 2010 volume, January 2011 saw around 30,000 transactions processed.
25.01.2011
Centrum Bank is the sixth Liechtenstein financial institution participating in the SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme as of next February.
17.01.2011
New monthly records for the Swiss interbank payment systems: The SIC system processed 40.7 million transactions whereas euroSIC settled more than 489,000 transactions in December 2010.
