Swiss Bank Corporation
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- For banks in Switzerland, see Swiss bank
Swiss Bank Corporation (German: Schweizerischer Bankverein (SBV), French: Société de Banque Suisse (SBS), Italian:Società di Banca Svizzera) merged with Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS/SBG) in 1998 to form UBS AG.
The history of the Swiss Bank Corporation ("SBC") dates to 1854 and the consitution of Bankverein by which six Private Banking-houses: Bischoff zu St Alban, Ehinger & Cie., J. Merian-Forcart, Passavant & Cie., J. Riggenbach and von Speyr & Cie., formed an underwriting cornsortium in Basel.