With swisseuroGATE, Switzerland as a non-EU member state, has an interface via euroSIC and TARGET2 to all 22 real-time gross settlement systems (RTGS) in euros of the EU countries, as well as to the German and the pan-European EMZ and STEP2 payment systems. euroSIC participants have a rapid, inexpensive real-time connection to all financial institutions in the EU/EEA zone with swisseuroGATE. Conversely, swisseuroGATE enables the EU/EEA banks to conduct euro transactions with the euroSIC participants.

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Benefits in brief

• Euro payments from any place in the euro area to any place in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and vice versa.
• Over 3,200 bank branches in Switzerland/Liechtenstein and 36,000 financial institutions worldwide can be addressed.
• Payments via TARGET/TARGET2 or TARGET2-BBk (formerly RTGSplus) to Switzerland and vice versa .
• Payments via TARGET/TARGET2, TARGET2-BBk or STEP2 to and from Liechtenstein.
• No correspondence bank connection needed.
• Irrevocable and unconditional settlement in real time.
• Favorable conditions.

Liquidity management “à la carte”

The euroSIC system is available around the clock from Monday to Friday. It simplifies cash management in euro for banks and features automatic liquidity control. euroSIC makes online liquidity management available for this purpose.

Each participant holds a settlement account in euroSIC that is reconciled daily through a sight deposit account at the SECB. In the process, SECB can exercise its function as system manager and grant credit to the system participant’s settlement account should there be insufficient liquidity. euroSIC participants may utilize this intraday facility without paying interest. Collateral eligible for repos must always cover the amount drawn.

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