Private company

Credit Suisse

Logo: Credit Suisse Group AG, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Defunct Swiss multinational bank

Credit Suisse Group AG (French pronunciation: [kʁe.di sɥis], lit. 'Swiss Credit') was a Swiss investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it had offices in all major financial centres around the world and provided services in investment banking, private banking, asset management, and shared services.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

7.4BRevenue, fiscal 20225
-7.3BNet income, fiscal 20225
1856Founded1
  • Industryeconomics of banking, financial sector, financial services1
  • HeadquartersZurich1
  • Websitewww.credit-suisse.com
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
  • Incorporated inSwitzerland6
  • Business addressParadeplatz 8, Zurich, V8 80016
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer6

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Credit Suisse, Paradeplatz (Ank Kumar, INFOSYS Limited) 18
Photo: Ank Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons7

Credit Suisse Group AG (French pronunciation: [kʁe.di sɥis], lit. 'Swiss Credit') was a Swiss investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it had offices in all major financial centres around the world and provided services in investment banking, private banking, asset management, and shared services. It was known for strict bank–client confidentiality and banking secrecy. The Financial Stability Board considered it to be a global systemically important bank. Credit Suisse was also a primary dealer and Forex counterparty of the Federal Reserve in the United States.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from. Figures are in CHF, the currency the company reports in.

Key numbers, fiscal 2022

-98.5%Net margin5
-34.3%Revenue growth, 20225
-16.2%Return on equity5
3.48×Debt to equity5

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2022

  • Selling, general and admin42¢7.8B CHF
  • Interest37¢6.9B CHF
  • Income tax22¢4.0B CHF

Out of 7.4B CHF in revenue.5 The company lost money this year.

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2022

  • Dividends paid2¢280.0M CHF
  • Kept or used elsewhere98¢13.5B CHF

Out of 13.8B CHF of cash from operations.5

Financial statements

Revenue8910111257.4B CHF in 2022−69% since 2015
010.0B CHF20.0B CHF30.0B CHF2015: 23.8B CHF23.8B CHF20152016: 20.3B CHF20.3B CHF2016−15%2017: 20.9B CHF20.9B CHF2017+3%2018: 10.1B CHF10.1B CHF2018−52%2019: 9.5B CHF9.5B CHF2019−6%2020: 10.2B CHF10.2B CHF2020+8%2021: 11.3B CHF11.3B CHF2021+10%2022: 7.4B CHF7.4B CHF2022−34%
Net income891011125-7.3B CHF in 2022+148% since 2015
-10.0B CHF-5.0B CHF05.0B CHF2015: -2.9B CHF-2.9B CHF20152016: -2.7B CHF-2.7B CHF2016−8%2017: -983.0M CHF-983.0M CHF2017−64%2018: 2.0B CHF2.0B CHF20182019: 3.4B CHF3.4B CHF2019+69%2020: 2.7B CHF2.7B CHF2020−22%2021: -1.6B CHF-1.6B CHF20212022: -7.3B CHF-7.3B CHF2022+342%
Fiscal year20152016201720182019202020212022
Revenue23.8B CHF820.3B CHF920.9B CHF1010.1B CHF119.5B CHF1210.2B CHF511.3B CHF57.4B CHF5
Selling, general and admin8.6B CHF89.7B CHF96.6B CHF105.8B CHF116.1B CHF126.5B CHF57.2B CHF57.8B CHF5
Interest10.0B CHF89.8B CHF910.5B CHF1012.6B CHF119.7B CHF125.3B CHF53.8B CHF56.9B CHF5
Income tax523.0M CHF8441.0M CHF92.7B CHF101.4B CHF111.3B CHF12801.0M CHF51.0B CHF54.0B CHF5
Net income-2.9B CHF8-2.7B CHF9-983.0M CHF102.0B CHF113.4B CHF122.7B CHF5-1.6B CHF5-7.3B CHF5
Earnings per share-2 CHF/shares8-1 CHF/shares9-0 CHF/shares101 CHF/shares111 CHF/shares121 CHF/shares5-1 CHF/shares5-3 CHF/shares5
Earnings per share (diluted)-2 CHF/shares8-1 CHF/shares9-0 CHF/shares101 CHF/shares111 CHF/shares121 CHF/shares5-1 CHF/shares5-3 CHF/shares5

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The story

Founded by Alfred Escher in 1856.1

Leadership

Who has led Credit Suisse, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Tidjane Thiam2015–2020
  2. Thomas Gottstein2020–now

Chair

  1. António Mota de Sousa Horta Osório2021–now
197019801990200020102020

Products and brands

  • investment bank

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • UBS since Jun 12, 2023

Subsidiaries

  • Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. since 2006

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2006Acquired Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.1
  2. Succeeded Crédit suisse1
  3. Succeeded Swiss Volksbank1

Former names

  • CREDIT SUISSE GROUPFeb 14, 2002 to Apr 28, 20086

Timeline

  1. Jun 12, 2023Acquired Acquired by UBS1
  2. Feb 2020New chief executive Thomas Gottstein becomes CEO1
  3. 2015New chief executive Tidjane Thiam becomes CEO1
  4. 1856Founded Founded1

Recent filings

  1. Jun 6, 20236-K
  2. May 31, 20236-K 6K
  3. May 31, 20236-K
  4. Apr 24, 20236-K
  5. Apr 24, 20236-K
  6. Apr 4, 20236-K
  7. Mar 20, 20236-K
  8. Mar 16, 20236-K
  9. Mar 16, 20236-K
  10. Mar 14, 20236-K
  11. Mar 14, 20236-K
  12. Mar 14, 202320-F
  13. Mar 9, 20236-K
  14. Feb 9, 20236-K
  15. Feb 9, 20236-K

Every filing from the last three years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.2

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