Updated figures on the Swiss Financial Centre

_19.04.2022

Sustainable investments and the business volume of Fintechs in Switzerland are growing. This is shown by the new, annually updated key figures on Switzerland as a financial centre. The financial sector (banks and insurance companies) accounted for 9.0 percent of Swiss GDP in 2021. The 243 banks and 195 insurance companies in Switzerland employ 212,000 people (in full-time equivalents). In the client custody accounts of the banks in Switzerland, there are securities holdings amounting to 7900 billion Swiss francs, 3873 billion of which are from abroad. The key figures also allow a look at previous years.