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Nalezeno "Swiss Central Bank": 12

Return of Zero Interest Rate Policy as Swiss Central Bank Cuts Rates

19.6.2025
The return to zero comes as tariffs threaten to deflate nations with trade surplus, such as Switzerland and China

Swiss Central Bank Chief Dismisses Bitcoin as Reserve Asset Amid Swiss Crypto Initiative

2.3.2025
President of Swiss National Bank (SNB), Martin Schlegel has dismissed a proposal for the central bank to hold bitcoin in its reserves, citing volatility, liquidity concerns, and security risks. Swiss National Bank Pushes Back Against Bitcoin Reserve Proposal Swiss National Bank (SNB) President...

Bitcoin isn't a worthy reserve asset, Swiss central bank president says: Report

2.3.2025
Swiss National Bank President Martin Schlegel said Bitcoin is too volatile and lacks sufficient liquidity to be a reserve asset, which is currently being proposed in Switzerland

Swiss National Bank Launches Wholesale CBDC in Partnership With Six Commercial Banks

2.11.2023
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is ramping up its efforts on the issuance of a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC). According to a press release, the Swiss central bank is collaborating with six commercial banks and the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) to fast-track the implementation of...

Swiss Central Bank to Launch Wholesale CBDC Soon Says Chairman Thomas Jordan

28.6.2023
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) said it plans to issue a wholesale central bank digital currency as a pilot via SIX Digital Exchange, a subsidiary of SIX, an operator of infrastructure for the Swiss and Spanish financial centers. SNB chairman Thomas Jordan said while the Central Bank has not ruled...

Swiss Central Bank to Launch Real-World CBDC Pilot

27.6.2023
The chairman of Swiss Central Bank,Thomas Jordan, has announced that the central bank is launching a wholesale CBDC on Switzerland's SIX digital exchange as part of a pilot. In a conference at Zurich on Monday, the Swiss central bank chair said that the project would begin soon, Reuters...

Swiss central bank announces plans for wholesale CBDC pilot with ‘real money’: Report

26.6.2023
Thomas Jordan, head of the Swiss National Bank, announced the project at a conference in Zurich; bank still feels “prudent” about a retail CBDC, though

Swiss National Bank: ‘Buying Bitcoin Is Not a Problem for Us’

1.5.2022
Switzerland’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank, says buying and holding bitcoin as a reserve currency is not a problem for the bank. “We can arrange the technical and operative conditions relatively quickly, when we are convinced we must have bitcoin in our balance sheet,”...

Swiss National Bank Trials CBDC in Transactions With Five Banks

14.1.2022
The Swiss National Bank has successfully employed a wholesale CBDC to settle transactions with five commercial banks, the monetary authority announced. The tests are part of an experiment carried out together with the Bank for International Settlements and Switzerland’s financial services...