Six Group AG

255 results about this entity

Period: 08 Nov 2004 - 22 Aug 2024

SIX Group CEO Rüegsegger to step down

After nine years as Group CEO of SIX, Urs Rüegsegger has informed the Board of Directors that he would like to pass on operational responsibility for the company at the end of the business year 2017.

SIX adds Credit Suisse's Urs Beeler to board

At the Annual General Meeting of SIX, Urs Beeler, Head Sales & Trading Services and member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, was elected to the Board of Directors of SIX.

Switzerland begins move to common ATM standard

Banks across Switzerland are developing a standard operating system for all ATMs in the country, providing consumers with a common user interface and new capabilities for cardless transactions.

Swiss lay groundwork for payments systems harmonisation with technical specs for QR-Bill

Following extensive preparations and as announced, PaymentStandards.CH today presented the technical features of the QR-Bill.

SIX bids to ease exchange of tax information

OECD member states agreed to the automatic exchange of tax information (AEoI) in 2014. The rule affects individuals with accounts outside their country of tax residence and has been designed to reduce tax evasion.

SIX adopts DTCC LEI utility in preparation for MiFID II

SIX Securities Services is to offer Legal Entity Identifiers to Swiss companies in partnership with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation.

Finma awards multilateral trading facility status to SIX securities platform

FINMA granted the request submitted by SIX for the CO:RE- trading platform to be recognized as a multilateral trading facility (MTF).

Switzerland prepares for mass-market migration to ISO 20022 standard

Switzerland has started the countdown to a mass-market switch to the ISO 20022 standard for payments harmonisation across all consumer, corporate and bank payments, an initiative billed as the country's biggest financial infrastructure project in 390 years.

SIX and IBM to build Watson-powered cyber-security hub

Swiss Financial infrastructure operator SIX is to use the cognitive computing ability of IBM Watson to build a new cyber-security hub to help banks comply with Swiss privacy laws and regulations.

SIX develops distributed ledger to automate the bond lifecycle

SIX Securities Services has developed a distributed ledger-based bond issuing prototype which it intends to deploy.

SIX Securities Services receives approval to launch its Trade Repository for Switzerland

Having received approval from FINMA as an official Swiss derivative trade repository, SIX Securities Services is set to launch its central trade repository in Switzerland –the SIX Trade Repository.

Cashless payments growth helps to keep SIX on track in 2016

SIX remained on track in 2016, continuing to hold its position in an increasingly challenging market environment.