Switzerland · Financial institution
Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft
Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft is a cooperative under Swiss law with its seat in St. Gallen. Its members are the legally independent Raiffeisen banks, which numbered 208 at 30 June 2026. Its registered purpose is to support the Raiffeisen banks and to carry out their common tasks. It also provides treasury, payments, trading and corporate banking services for the Raiffeisen Group. The Swiss National Bank classified the Raiffeisen Group as systemically important on 16 June 2014.
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 5299006GIHQ1ELISCV48 (Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft (RAIFCH22). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- RAIFCH2BXXX 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 RAIFCH2B directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- Other BIC with this LEI
- RAIFCH22
- BIC first registered
- 2023-01-21
- Last updated
- 2023-06-03
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Member-owned
Institution type
Cooperative bank
Trades as Raiffeisen Schweiz
- Ownership
- The bank is a cooperative owned by its members, the Raiffeisen banks (208 at 30 June 2026). No single member holds a controlling interest.
- Head office
- Raiffeisenplatz 4, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Company register
- CHE-105.997.193, Commercial Register of the Canton of St. Gallen
Business lines
The bank serves as the central institution of the Raiffeisen Group. It provides treasury, liquidity, payments, trading and product services to the Raiffeisen banks and also serves corporate clients. Retail clients are served mainly by the member Raiffeisen banks.
Online
- Websites & references
- raiffeisen.ch ↗
- Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- raiffeisen.ch/rch/de/ueber-uns/raiffeisen-gruppe/organisation/geschaeftsleitung.html
- raiffeisen.ch/rch/de/ueber-uns/news/rch/basil-heeb-ist-neuer-verwaltungsratspraesident.html
- raiffeisen.ch/rch/de/ueber-uns/news/rch/vorsitzender-geschaeftsleitung-raiffeisen-schweiz.html
- raiffeisen.ch/rch/de/ueber-uns/news/rch/zwischenabschluss-2026.html
- raiffeisen.ch/content/dam/www/rch/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2026/de/20260630-raiffeisen-grupp
- raiffeisen.ch/rch/de/ueber-uns/raiffeisen-gruppe/finanzinformationen.html
- raiffeisen.ch/rch/de/ueber-uns/raiffeisen-group-for-investors/financial-information.html
- finma.ch/de/~/media/finma/dokumente/bewilligungstraeger/pdf/beh.pdf?la=de
- moneyhouse.ch/en/company/raiffeisen-schweiz-genossenschaft-2835621021
- help.ch/firma/CHE-105.997.193/raiffeisen-schweiz-genossenschaft-st-gallen
- tippinpoint.ch/raiffeisen-krempelt-geschaftsleitung-um-und-gibt-ex-cs-crack-eine-chance/
- finews.ch/news/banken/67961-raiffeisen-schweiz-geschaeftsleitung-gabriel-brenna-st-gallen-swiss-fin
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Dr. Gabriel Brenna
Vorsitzender der Geschäftsleitung (CEO)
- Chair
- Dr. Basil Heeb Verwaltungsratspräsident (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
- Chief financial officer
-
Dr. Christian Poerschke
Leiter Departement Finanzen & Services (CFO), Leiter Departement Raiffeisenbank Services a.i.
- Executive
-
Dr. Markus D. Voegelin
Leiter Departement Risiko & Compliance (CRO)
- Executive
-
Niklaus Mannhart
Leiter Departement IT & Chief Information Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Switzerland
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Switzerland
- Swiss National Bank Central bankOther
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
The bank announced efficiency measures affecting up to 180 positions. It is targeting savings of about CHF 60 million in 2027 and is reorganising its departments.
raiffeisen.ch ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Patrick Lehner to head a new Private Clients department from 1 November 2026. Executive Board members Roger Altweg and Helen Fricker were due to leave in September.
tippinpoint.ch ↗ -
Leadership
The General Meeting in Lugano elected Basil Heeb as Chairman of the Board of Directors, succeeding Thomas A. Müller.
raiffeisen.ch ↗ -
Leadership
Gabriel Brenna took office as Chairman of the Executive Board. Interim CEO Christian Poerschke returned to his role as CFO.
raiffeisen.ch ↗ -
Leadership
Chief Executive Heinz Huber stepped down at the end of December 2024. CFO Christian Poerschke led the Executive Board on an interim basis.
finews.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
- RAIFCH2BXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- RAIFBank
- CHCountry · Switzerland
- 2BLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- 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.
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 registers
- 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
The Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Raiffeisen Switzerland B.V..
See the Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- RAIFFEISENPLATZ 4 ST. GALLEN 9001 SWITZERLAND
- Operational address
- RAIFFEISENPLATZ 4 ST. GALLEN 9001 ST. GALLEN 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
- 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>RAIFCH2BXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5299006GIHQ1ELISCV48</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>RAIFCH2BXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5299006GIHQ1ELISCV48</LEI>
<Nm>RAIFFEISEN SCHWEIZ GENOSSENSCHAFT</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>ST. GALLEN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>CH</Ctry>
<AdrLine>RAIFFEISENPLATZ 4 ST. GALLEN 9001</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>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.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- 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: raiffeisen.ch (official website); Dr. Gabriel Brenna: raiffeisen.ch (official website) · original; Dr. Christian Poerschke: raiffeisen.ch (official website) · original; Dr. Markus D. Voegelin: raiffeisen.ch (official website) · original; Niklaus Mannhart: raiffeisen.ch (official website) · original.
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