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News Switzerland » Finance: Swiss finance minister warns steep European debt could trigger euro crisis

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/financial-crisis/swiss-finance-minister-warns-steep-european-debt-could-trigger-euro-crisis/ar-AA2eoRV7
Published on: Friday 16 October 2026

ZURICH, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Rising public debt levels in Europe and beyond pose a risk to economic stability and could trigger a euro crisis, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said on Friday.

News Switzerland » Finance: Switzerland Approves First Spot Bitcoin ETF for Retail Investors After Bending Its Rules

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/switzerland-approves-first-spot-bitcoin-110000703.html
Published on: Tuesday 20 October 2026

FINMA approves Switzerland's first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors, waiving diversification rules. BBIT lists in November.

News Switzerland » Finance: Switzerland’s FINMA Lets Retail Investors Into a Bitcoin-Only Fund for the First Time

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/switzerland-finma-lets-retail-investors-132157651.html
Published on: Tuesday 20 October 2026

The Swiss regulator cleared a retail exchange-traded fund that holds bitcoin directly, without naming the fund or its issuer, and warned that the investment remains highly risky.

News Switzerland » Finance: Sustainable Finance is Entering its Next Phase

News channel or source: https://www.finews.com/news/english-news/74035-august-benz-building-bridges-2026-sustainable-finance-climate-adaptation
Published on: Monday 19 October 2026

Two weeks after Building Bridges 2026, August Benz, Deputy CEO of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), looks back on the progress Switzerland has made in sustainable finance, discusses the banking ...

News Switzerland » Finance: A Swiss Banking Giant Thinks the Unthinkable: Moving Out of Switzerland

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/a-swiss-banking-giant-thinks-the-unthinkable-moving-out-of-switzerland/ar-AA2efq2f
Published on: Wednesday 14 October 2026

The bank has received approaches from potential U.S. deal partners as it publicly spars with Swiss politicians over substantially higher capital requirements.

News Switzerland » Finance: Finance Minister Keller-Sutter to be next president of Switzerland

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/finance-minister-keller-sutter-next-162811707.html
Published on: Wednesday 11 December 2024

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter speaks during a press conference after the signing of a German-Swiss police agreement.

News Switzerland » Finance: Swiss finance minister downplays talk of UBS relocation

News channel or source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-industry/keller-sutter-it-is-unlikely-that-ubs-will-relocate-abroad/92123855
Published on: Saturday 26 September 2026

A move abroad by UBS due to new stricter capital requirements is unlikely, Karin Keller-Sutter told the Aargauer Zeitung.

News Switzerland » Finance: Swiss Finance Chief Says It’s Impossible to Fully Rule Out Banking Crises

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-02/swiss-finance-chief-says-it-s-impossible-to-fully-rule-out-banking-crises
Published on: Friday 01 November 2024

When Karin Keller-Sutter took over as Switzerland’s finance minister last year, she was only the second woman to hold that office in nearly 175 years. Within months, she was thrust into the ...

News Switzerland » Finance: Swiss finance minister and UBS boss face off ahead of capital decision

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/swiss-finance-minister-and-ubs-boss-face-off-ahead-of-capital-decision/ar-AA2cLMXD
Published on: Tuesday 22 September 2026

ZURICH, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter and UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti on Tuesday defended their opposing views on new Swiss capital rules in a last round of appeals before ...

News Switzerland » Finance: Switzerland says UBS may need more cash. The bank is fuming

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/investing/ubs-switzerland-too-big-to-fail/
Published on: Wednesday 24 April 2024

A year after the failure of Credit Suisse, the Swiss government says UBS may have to find as much as $27 billion to absorb potential losses and protect taxpayers from ever having to bail out a major ...

News Switzerland » Finance: AT1 compromise for UBS opposed by Swiss finance minister

News channel or source: https://seekingalpha.com/news/4542143-at1-compromise-for-ubs-opposed-by-swiss-finance-minister
Published on: Friday 23 January 2026

Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has come out against a proposed compromise in the debate over new capital rules for UBS Group (UBS), the country's largest lender. UBS (UBS) shares dipped ...

News Switzerland » Finance: Swiss names new finance chief and adds operations role to management board

News channel or source: https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/2024/03/swiss-names-new-finance-chief-and-adds-operations-role-to-management-board/
Published on: Tuesday 05 March 2024

Swiss has named a new chief financial officer and is adding a chief operating officer to its management board. Swiss has named a new chief financial officer and is adding a chief operating officer to ...