08.03.2010
New Guide for Participation in Swiss franc repo market – Edited by the Swiss National Bank, Eurex Zürich, SIX SIS and SIX Interbank Clearing. The changes were mainly due to the National Bank's decision to expand access for participation in the repo system by January 1, 2010 to include specific marketplace participants without a banking or securities brokering license.
04.03.2010
The new edition (March) of CLEARIT, the Swiss professional payments journal is featuring an interview with SIX Group CEO Urs Rüegsegger taking stock on the Swiss financial center strategy facing the international competition and the effects of the financial crisis. Other topics reflected in the magazine are news from the Swiss payment traffic committees and the National Bank's broadening of participation in the Swiss financial market infrastructure.
01.03.2010
New daily peak on February 26, 2010: The Swiss interbank payment system SIC for Swiss francs handled more than 5 million transactions, having thus broken the previous daily record of 4.5 million on February 27, 2009.
15.02.2010
IBAN tool (Java and Windows), installation and quick reference guides are updated.
15.01.2010
Key facts and figures 2009 for the Swiss payment systems SIC and euroSIC.
18.12.2009
"Payment system copes well with the crisis", article about the SIC system in the Swiss weekly Finanz und Wirtschaft of 16.12.2009.
13.11.2009
Media release: CETREL and SIX Group launch the SEPA Direct Debit Service in Luxembourg.
10.11.2009
The Swiss interbank payment system euroSIC settled a record transaction volume of 388,900 worth more than 279 billion euro in October 2009.
03.11.2009
Media release: First SEPA direct debits processed – SIX Group successfully launches the new pan-European direct debit scheme in Switzerland.
28.09.2009
London-based Nomura International will be joining the interbank payment system for Swiss franc SIC as of beginning of October 2009.
10.09.2009
Check digit calculator for IBAN plausibility updated with the new countries Albania and Saudi Arabia.
28.08.2009
The follwing banks will be participating in the SEPA Direct Debit Service of SIX Group, which enables them to process euro direct debits with the Europe-wide introduction of the SEPA Core Direct Debit Scheme as of November 2009: UBS, Credit Suisse, Neue Aargauer Bank und Clariden Leu.
20.08.2009
The Austrian VKB-Bank Corporation will be joining the interbank payment system for Swiss franc SIC as of beginning of September 2009. Thus the SIC system counts 22 participating financial institutions from Austria.
07.08.2009
The Swiss interbank payment system euroSIC settled a record volume of more than 274 billion euro in July 2009.
06.08.2009
UBS and PostFinance are the first two Swiss financial institutions having confirmed their participation in the SEPA Direct Debit Scheme. Starting November 2009, they will be able to process euro direct debits with the Europe-wide introduction of the SEPA Core Direct Debit Scheme.
24.07.2009
The Austrian Volksbank AG will be joining the interbank payment system for Swiss franc SIC as of beginning of August 2009. Thus the SIC system counts 21 participating financial institutions from Austria.
23.06.2009
Media release: "Swiss-made" direct debits for Europe – the SEPA Direct Debit Service of SIX Group
20.05.2009
ISO Payments: Recommendations of the Swiss financial industry for data exchange
05.05.2009
In keeping with the new corporate visual identity of SIX Group, SIX Interbank Clearing has given its website a new look. The content sections have not been redesigned.
07.04.2009
Monthly volume records in the Swiss interbank payment systems SIC and euroSIC. The Swiss franc payment system settled a record volume of 5.65 trillion Swiss francs whereas the euroSIC system was totaling roughly 238 billion euros.
20.03.2009
CACEIS Bank Deutschland will be joining the Swiss interbank payment system for Swiss franc SIC as of beginning of April 2009.
16.03.2009
Update of the Guided Tour, the animated interactive Flash presentation of the Swiss payment traffic world explaining complex issues in a simple way.
27.02.2009
New daily peaks on February 27, 2009: The Swiss interbank payment system euroSIC processed over 22,000 euro payments; the SIC system handled 4.5 million Swiss franc transactions having thus broken the previous record of 4.35 million on June 30, 2008
24.02.2009
The State Development Bank of NorthRhine-Westphalia, NRW.BANK, will be joining the Swiss interbank payment system for Swiss franc SIC as of beginning of March 2009.
22.01.2009
Three more Austrian banks to join the Swiss interbank payment systems as of February 2009: Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark will be participating in the SIC system for processing Swiss franc payments, Raiffeisenbank Vorarlberg and Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien chose the euroSIC system for euro transactions.
09.01.2009
New all-time monthly record for the Swiss franc interbank payment system: Last December, the SIC system processed more than 39 million transactions.
02.01.2009
On January 5, the Austrian Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien will be joining the payment system SIC to process interbank transactions in Swiss francs.
20.11.2008
DekaBank, the German Savings Bank Finance Group's central asset manager and Anglo Irish Bank, Ireland’s third largest bank are joining the payment system SIC to process interbank transactions in Swiss francs at the beginning of December.
07.11.2008
New all-time monthly records for the Swiss interbank payment systems in euros and francs: the euroSIC system processed around 390,000 transactions totaling roughly 180 billion euros. The SIC settled a record volume of 5.6 trillion Swiss francs.
31.10.2008
Nykredit, the biggest Danish mortgage bank will be joining both Swiss interbank payment systems SIC for francs and euroSIC for euros on 3 November.
01.10.2008
The following two foreign financial institutions joined SIC, the Swiss franc interbank payment system, on October 1, 2008: the European Investment Bank in Luxemburg and the Nordea Bank Danmark A/S.
01.09.2008
"Swiss Interbank Clearing" is now "SIX Interbank Clearing": Since August 21, 2008, the new umbrella name, SIX, is being used by SWX, SIS and Telekurs, which have merged into a single financial center holding company. SIX stands for Swiss Infrastructure & EXchange. The new brand mirrors the strengths of the company as a whole while building upon the expertise of the existing companies. The new brand architecture expresses both these aspects in an excellent manner. Swiss Interbank Clearing, for example, has embodied proven qualities, such as reliability, quality and commitment to the Swiss financial center for over 20 years. SIX Interbank Clearing will also stand for these qualities in the future and bring them to the joint enterprise.
