Switzerland · Financial institution
Banque Cantonale du Valais Walliser Kantonalbank
Legal name in the LEI recordBANQUE CANTONALE DU VALAIS
Banque Cantonale du Valais (BCVS), in German Walliser Kantonalbank (WKB), is the cantonal bank of Valais. It is a public-law limited company with its seat in Sion, Switzerland. The State of Valais holds 70% of the share capital, and the shares are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. The bank offers retail banking, wealth management and corporate banking, mainly in the canton of Valais. It was founded in 1917 and became a limited company on 1 January 1993.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BCVSCH2LXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BCVSCH2L directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SDD Core · SIC · SIC IP · euroSIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1984-05-21
- Last updated
- 2023-08-18
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
Ticker WKBN
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as BCVS (German: Walliser Kantonalbank, WKB)
- Ownership
- The State of Valais holds 70% of the share capital, private individuals hold 16.5% and legal entities 2.1%, and the rest is held by pension funds, institutional investors and other public-law bodies.
- Direct parent
- State of Valais (Canton of Valais), Switzerland 70%
- Major shareholder
- State of Valais (État du Valais) 70% · 31 Dec 2025
- Stock listing
- SIX Swiss Exchange WKBN
- Head office
- Place des Cèdres 8, 1951 Sion, Switzerland
- Company register
- CHE-105.845.241, Commercial Register of the Canton of Valais
Business lines
The bank describes itself as a universal bank serving mainly the Valais market. Mortgage claims of CHF 14.3 billion made up most of its CHF 16.6 billion of customer loans at 30 June 2026.
Online
- Websites & references
- bcvs.ch ↗
bcvs.ch/de ↗ German-language version of the site (Walliser Kantonalbank)
e-banking.bcvs.ch ↗ e-banking login
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q2543025 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- bcvs.ch
- bcvs.ch/la-bcvs/investisseurs/gouvernance-dentreprise/direction
- bcvs.ch/la-bcvs/investisseurs/gouvernance-dentreprise/conseil-dadministration
- bcvs.ch/la-bcvs/investisseurs/gouvernance-dentreprise/actionnariat
- bcvs.ch/la-bcvs/publications-medias/espace-media/communiques-de-presse/detail/resultats-semestrie
- bcvs.ch/la-bcvs/la-banque/portrait
- bcvs.ch/la-bcvs/publications-medias/espace-media/communiques-de-presse/detail/assemblee-generale-
- bcvs.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/site/medias/communiques-presse/2025/Communique_de_presse_du_5_mai_2
- bcvs.ch/blog/detail/bcvs-renforcement-de-la-direction-generale-2182
- bcvs.ch/la-bcvs/publications-medias/espace-media/actualites/detail/nominations-a-la-direction-gen
- bcvs.ch/prives/comptes-cartes/moyens-de-paiement/sepa-iban
- moneyhouse.ch/en/company/banque-cantonale-du-valais-3168676361
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque_cantonale_du_Valais
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Oliver Schnyder
Président de la Direction Générale (CEO)
- Chair
-
Pierre-Alain Grichting
Président du Conseil d'Administration (Chair of the Board of Directors)
- Chief financial officer
-
Christian Donzé
Directeur général, Responsable de la division Finances & Crédits (Head of Finance & Credit division)
- Executive
-
Sophie Revaz
Directrice générale, Responsable de la division juridique, compliance et services (Head of Legal, Compliance & Services)
- Executive
-
Laure Deppierraz
Vice-présidente du Conseil d'administration (Vice-Chair of the Board)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Switzerland
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The general meeting elected Antoine Fournier to the board. The board had sat with fewer members for a ten-month transitional period.
bcvs.ch ↗ -
Leadership
Board member Serge Métrailler withdrew his candidacy for re-election before the general meeting of 3 June 2025.
bcvs.ch ↗ -
Leadership
Sophie Revaz and Didier Eggel joined the executive board, heading Legal, Compliance and Services and Digitalisation and Transformation respectively.
bcvs.ch ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BCVSCH2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BCVSBank
- CHCountry · Switzerland
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300YI34DX51LRGS71
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- IID (BC-Nummer) 765
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Switzerland · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1917
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- PLACE DES CEDRES 8 SION/ SITTEN, VALAIS 1951 SWITZERLAND
- Operational address
- PLACE DES CEDRES 8 SION/SITTEN 1951 SION/ SITTEN POB 133 SWITZERLAND
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI and its CHBCC clearing code
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BCVSCH2LXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>CHBCC</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>765</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>549300YI34DX51LRGS71</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BCVSCH2LXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>CHBCC</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>765</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>549300YI34DX51LRGS71</LEI>
<Nm>BANQUE CANTONALE DU VALAIS WALLISER KANTONALBANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>CH</Ctry>
<AdrLine>PLACE DES CEDRES 8 SION/ SITTEN, VALAIS 1951</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>Swift’s two address fields do not agree on a town, so the full record gives the address as address lines only.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2020-06-01 | Head office | — |
| Swiss Interbank Clearing (SIC), Swiss franc real-time gross settlementISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| SIC instant payments (Swiss franc)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| euroSIC (euro real-time gross settlement in Switzerland) | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. SIX Bank Master entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
IID (BC-Nummer) · Switzerland
1 code file of 2026-09-28 · ISO 20022 clearing system code CHBCC
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 765 | BCVSCH2LXXX | Banque Cantonale du Valais | Sion/Sitten |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: SIX Interbank Clearing, Bank Master.
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- National bank codes—Switzerland (Source: SIX Interbank Clearing Bank Master).
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: BCVs · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · original; Oliver Schnyder: bcvs.ch (official website) · original; Pierre-Alain Grichting: bcvs.ch (official website) · original; Christian Donzé: bcvs.ch (official website) · original; Sophie Revaz: bcvs.ch (official website) · original; Laure Deppierraz: bcvs.ch (official website) · original.
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