- CEO
- Martin R. Schlegel
- Full Time Employees
- 927
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- Bundesplatz 1 Bern Switzerland 3003
- IPO Date
- Jan 27, 2014
- Business
- Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) serves as the central bank of Switzerland, conducting monetary policy to ensure price stability while considering economic developments; it holds the exclusive right to issue Swiss franc banknotes, supplies cash to the economy, facilitates cashless payment transactions through the Swiss Interbank Clearing system, manages the country's currency reserves and gold holdings, oversees financial system stability, provides banking services to the Swiss Confederation including payment processing, securities custody, and issuance of money market debt register claims and bonds, compiles economic statistics such as balance of payments and financial accounts, and participates in international monetary cooperation. Founded in 1907 as a special-statute joint-stock company under federal law with shares traded on the Swiss Exchange, SNB maintains dual head offices in Zurich and Bern, a branch office in Singapore, six representative offices across Switzerland, and 13 agencies operated by cantonal banks; it operates primarily within Switzerland while engaging globally in foreign exchange and asset management activities. In recent developments, SNB adjusted remuneration of sight deposits amid its zero-rate policy in June 2025, extended and expanded Project Helvetia for wholesale central bank digital currency initiatives, announced finalists in a design competition for a new banknote series, planned a new cash logistics center, explored interlinking instant payment systems with the European Central Bank, issued a joint statement with the United States on foreign exchange matters, and published its Financial Stability Report along with interim financial results as of September 30, 2025.