Switzerland · Financial institution
Efg Bank European Financial Group SA
EFG Bank European Financial Group SA is a Swiss société anonyme (public limited company) whose sole place of business is in Geneva. It is ultimately wholly owned by Latsis family interests, and its direct parent is European Financial Group EFG (Luxembourg) SA. It describes itself as a holding bank authorised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as a bank and securities dealer that provides classical private banking services. It holds 46% of EFG International AG, a private banking group listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.
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
- EFGBCHGGXXX 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 EFGBCHGG directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SIC · SIC IP
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1997-12-06
- Last updated
- 2025-02-25
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Privately held
European Financial Group EFG (Luxembourg) SA
Institution type
Private bank
Trades as EFG Group
- Ownership
- The bank is ultimately wholly owned by Latsis family interests through its direct parent, European Financial Group EFG (Luxembourg) SA.
- Direct parent
- European Financial Group EFG (Luxembourg) SA, Luxembourg
- Ultimate owner
- Latsis family interests
- Head office
- 24 quai du Seujet, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland
- Company register
- CHE-101.681.041 (commercial register of the canton of Geneva)
- Former name
- Banque de Dépôts
Business lines
The bank offers private banking services including deposits, Lombard and mortgage loans, fiduciary placements, foreign exchange, securities brokerage, advisory and discretionary management, and it holds 46% of EFG International AG.
Online
- Websites & references
- efggroup.com ↗
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- efggroup.com/
- efggroup.com/Entity/EFG-Bank-European-Financial-Group-SA.html
- efggroup.com/EFG-Group.html
- efggroup.com/doc/jcr:5e4cfd11-8b6d-49fd-8807-203c9b2ad351/lang:en/Corporate%20Governance%20Disclosures
- efggroup.com/doc/jcr:92f5e679-d381-4b3e-bd93-5fd9072ebf9c/lang:en/EFG%20Group%20Pillar%203%20HY%202026
- pappers.ch/en/company/efg-bank-european-financial-group-sa-CHE101681041
- efginternational.com/us/investors/share-information.html
- efginternational.com/us/about/history.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFG_Bank_European_Financial_Group
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Eric Bertschy Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- John S. Latsis Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief financial officer
- Isabelle Imesch Perego Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Leonidas Petrou Chief Risk Officer (and Deputy CEO)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Switzerland
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The board elected John S. Latsis as chairman on 27 April 2026. Spiro J. Latsis left the board, according to the commercial register.
pappers.ch ↗ -
Leadership
Eric Bertschy succeeded Périclès Petalas as Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2026. Isabelle Imesch Perego became Chief Financial Officer on the same date.
efggroup.com ↗
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
- EFGBCHGGXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- EFGBBank
- CHCountry · Switzerland
- GGLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300VXOOO8QW48A309
- 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) 8616
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
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
- 24, QUAI DU SEUJET GENEVE 1201 SWITZERLAND
- Operational address
- QUAI DU SEUJET 24 GENEVA 1201 GENEVA 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>EFGBCHGGXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>CHBCC</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>8616</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>549300VXOOO8QW48A309</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>EFGBCHGGXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>CHBCC</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>8616</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>549300VXOOO8QW48A309</LEI>
<Nm>EFG BANK EUROPEAN FINANCIAL GROUP SA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>CH</Ctry>
<AdrLine>24, QUAI DU SEUJET GENEVE 1201</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 | 2015-04-06 | 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8616 | EFGBCHGGXXX | EFG Bank European Financial Group SA | Genève 2 |
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.
- 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.
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