Raiffeisen: third-largest banking group in Switzerland

«What one person cannot achieve, can be achieved

by many.»

Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818 – 1888), founder of Raiffeisen cooperatives

The Raiffeisen Group is the leading Swiss retail bank. The Group is the third largest player in the Swiss banking sector with around 1.9 million cooperative members and 3.5 million clients. The Raiffeisen Group is represented at 834 locations throughout Switzerland. The 226 legally autonomous cooperative Raiffeisen banks are aligned within Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative. Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative is the strategic leader of the entire Raiffeisen Group. Raiffeisen offers private individuals and corporate clients the full range of products and services via its Group companies, cooperations and participations. As of 31 December 2019, the Raiffeisen Group had CHF 211 billion in assets under management and CHF 193 billion in client loans. The Group's market share for mortgages is 17.6 %. The balance sheet total is CHF 248 billion.