03.07.2008
High June growth rates of Swiss SEPA payments: More than 40% transactions and 26% euro volumes were processed between Switzerland/Liechtenstein and the other 29 countries of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).

24.06.2008
Raiffeisenbank Vorarlberg to be the twelfth Austrian financial institution participating in the Swiss interbank payment system for francs, SIC. The following banks are also going to become SIC-participants as of the beginning of July: the Winterthur branch of AXA Bank Belgium, Crédit Agricole Financements (Suisse) SA and Bank Zweiplus. The latter two will participate in the euro payment system, euroSIC.

30.05.2008
Danske Bank A/S to be the first Danish financial institution to participate in the Swiss franc interbank payment system. The bank will join the SIC system on June 2, 2008.

27.05.2008
June edition of ClearIT: The Swiss professional journal for payment traffic is featuring an interview with Michael Lauber, Director of Liechtenstein Bankers’ Association. He explains how and why the Principality’s membership in two separate integrated economic areas affects its SEPA participation. This issue also takes stock of the SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme after the first one hundred days and includes articles on e-invoicing, TARGET2-Securities, Continuous Linked Settlements and on the introduction of contactless payments in Switzerland.

26.05.2008
Four more banks to become Swiss interbank payment systems participants as of 2nd June: ING Bank N.V. is going to be the third Dutch financial institution to join the Swiss franc payment system SIC. Thus, SIC encompasses 62 direct participants in total from outside of Switzerland. The Geneva NBK Banque Privée (Suisse) S.A. and Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg S.A. will connect to both, to SIC and to the euro payment system, euroSIC. With Bordier & Cie a further Geneva bank will join euroSIC.

15.05.2008
IBAN tool (Java and Windows) and the installation guide are updated

14.05.2008
Check digit calculator for IBAN plausibility updated with the new country Israel

08.05.2008
New all-time monthly records for the Swiss interbank payment systems in euros and francs: the euroSIC system processed more than 330,000 transactions totaling roughly 130 billion euros. The SIC settled a record volume of 5.4 trillion Swiss francs – which is more than ten times the yearly gross national product of Switzerland

06.05.2008
Accelerated growth of euro payment traffic between Switzerland/Liechtenstein and the other 29 countries of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA): Presently, 46 Swiss or Liechtenstein banks process euro transactions via the SEPA-compatible interbank payment system, euroSIC. April figures show a massive 38% growth to 23,000 transactions

06.05.2008
Swiss Financial Market Services media release: Excellent 2007 results for SWX Group, SIS Group and Telekurs Group

28.03.2008
Four more banks will participate in the Swiss interbank payment systems as of 1 April: Bank SYZ & CO AG and Spar- und Leihkasse Bucheggberg will become direct participants in the RTGS system for euro payments euroSIC, Morgan Stanley SA in the Swiss francs payment system SIC, and FIBI Bank Switzerland Ltd. in both, SIC and euroSIC

25.03.2008
Update of the Guided Tour, an animated interactive online presentation of the Swiss payment traffic world

06.03.2008
Monthly turnover record for the direct debit procedures LSV+/BDD: Payments valued at CHF 7 billion were processed this February

28.01.2008
Media release on SEPA: Standardized euro transfers throughout Europe

10.01.2008
Transaction record for SIC in December 2007

03.01.2008
New daily record high: On 28.12.2007, the SIC system processed more than 4,160,000 Swiss franc payments having thus broken the previous record of about 3.88 million transactions on 30.11.2007

30.12.2007
Birth of Swiss Financial Market Services AG: SWX Group, SIS Group and Telekurs Group complete merger effective 1.1.2008

24.12.2007
63 financial institutions from Switzerland and 3 from Liechtenstein are ready for the introduction of SEPA

24.12.2007
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme from the point of view of the financial institutions in Switzerland

03.12.2007
Jyske Bank (Schweiz) and Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA joined the Swiss interbank payment system euroSIC for their euro payments processing, thus increasing the number of participating financial institutions to a record high of 166