Switzerland · Financial institution
Zuercher Kantonalbank
Zürcher Kantonalbank is an independent public-law institution of the Canton of Zurich, based in Zurich. The canton is its sole owner. Under the state guarantee, the canton is liable for all of the bank's non-subordinated liabilities if the bank's own funds are insufficient. It operates as a universal bank for private, corporate and institutional clients, offering financing, investment, asset management, payments, trading and capital markets services. It completed the sale of its Austrian subsidiary, Zürcher Kantonalbank Österreich AG, to Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG on 9 January 2025.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched. Licences are matched through an LEI, and no LEI is mapped to this BIC.
- 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
- ZKBKCHZZXXX 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 ZKBKCHZZ directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SIC · SIC IP · euroSIC
- Branch codes
- 2 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1977-06-20
- Last updated
- 2024-01-06
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
100% Canton of Zurich
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as ZKB
- Ownership
- The Canton of Zurich owns 100% of the bank, and the Cantonal Council (Kantonsrat) elects the Bank Council and the Bank Presidium.
- Direct parent
- Canton of Zurich, Switzerland 100%
- Head office
- Bahnhofstrasse 9, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland
- Company register
- CHE-108.954.607 (UID, Swiss commercial register)
Business lines
The bank's legal notice lists account management, payments and cards, financing, investment and asset management, and securities trading and capital markets as its core business, with leasing and advisory services as additions.
Online
- Websites & references
- zkb.ch ↗
zkb-finance.mdgms.com ↗ financial information portal (linked from the zkb.ch header)
zertifikate.zkb.ch ↗ structured products site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 16 pages consulted
- zkb.ch/en/legal/general-information.html
- zkb.ch/de/ueber-uns/unser-unternehmen/generaldirektion.html
- zkb.ch/de/ueber-uns/unser-unternehmen/bankrat.html
- zkb.ch/en.html
- zkb.ch/en/home/international-banking/international-payments.html
- zkb.ch/media/zkb/dok/zahlen/Korrespondenzbanken_neu.pdf
- zkb.ch/de/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2026/halbjahresergebnis-2026.html
- zkb.ch/de/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2026/jahresergebnis-2025.html
- zkb.ch/de/lps/corporate/berichterstattung/geschaeftsbericht.html
- zkb.ch/de/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2026/scott-ruedlinger-zoller-leiter-products-servi
- zkb.ch/de/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2025/veraenderung-generaldirektion.html
- zkb.ch/de/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2025/generaldirektion-veraenderungen.html
- finma.ch/en/news/2024/03/20240326-mm-rrbericht-dsib/
- finma.ch/en/enforcement/recovery-und-resolution-n/publikationen/resolution-report/archive/resoluti
- lei.report/LEI/165GRDQ39W63PHVONY02
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich_Cantonal_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Urs Baumann
Vorsitzender der Generaldirektion (CEO)
- Chair
-
Dr. Jörg Müller-Ganz
Präsident des Bankrats (Chair of the Bank Council)
- Chief financial officer
-
Dr. Martin Bardenhewer
Leiter Finanz (Head of Finance, CFO)
- Executive
-
Florence Schnydrig Moser
Leiterin Private Banking, Stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Generaldirektion (Deputy CEO)
- Executive
-
Hjalmar Schröder
Leiter Risk (Head of Risk)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Switzerland
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorResolutionConduct
- Switzerland
- Swiss National Bank Central bankOther
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Roger Reist became Head of Institutionals & Multinationals, succeeding Stephanino Isele. Florence Schnydrig Moser became deputy CEO.
zkb.ch ↗ -
Leadership
The Bank Council appointed Scott Rüdlinger Zoller Head of Products & Services from 1 January 2027, succeeding Daniel Previdoli.
zkb.ch ↗ -
Leadership
Remo Schmidli stepped down as Head of IT, Operations & Real Estate on 31 March 2025. Mario Crameri succeeded him.
zkb.ch ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank completed the sale of Zürcher Kantonalbank Österreich AG to Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG on 9 January 2025.
zkb.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
- ZKBKCHZZXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ZKBKBank
- CHCountry · Switzerland
- ZZLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- No LEI mapped in the directory
- National bank code
- IID (BC-Nummer) 700 + 57 more
- Branches with their own LEI
- 1
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
- Not matched: no LEI mapped to match on
- Country · region
- Switzerland · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates 2 MICs 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
No LEI is mapped to this BIC, so GLEIF relationship records cannot be linked.
Addresses
- Registered address
- BAHNHOFSTRASSE 9 ZUERICH 8001 SWITZERLAND
- Operational address
- BAHNHOFSTRASSE 9 ZURICH 8010 ZURICH 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. No LEI is mapped in the directory
- 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>ZKBKCHZZXXX</BICFI>
</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>ZKBKCHZZXXX</BICFI>
<Nm>ZUERCHER KANTONALBANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>CH</Ctry>
<AdrLine>BAHNHOFSTRASSE 9 ZUERICH 8001</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 | Branch BIC only | — |
| 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.
A branch BIC counts only when its LEI or its listed name matches this institution.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
Market identifiers
2 trading venues and reporting services run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZKBX | ZURCHER KANTONALBANK SECURITIES EXCHANGE | Operating MIC | Not specified |
| KMUX | ZURCHER KANTONALBANK - EKMU-X | Segment of ZKBX | Not specified |
National bank codes
IID (BC-Nummer) · Switzerland
Showing 10 of 58 codes file of 2026-09-28 · ISO 20022 clearing system code CHBCC
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Zürich |
| 702 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Zürich |
| 703 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Zürich |
| 704 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Stäfa |
| 705 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Volketswil |
| 706 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Dietikon 1 |
| 708 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Zürich |
| 709 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Urdorf |
| 710 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Zumikon |
| 711 | ZKBKCHZZ80A | Zürcher Kantonalbank | Zürich |
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.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 2 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Zurich, and no function or registration year splits them further. The bank publishes 32 accounts at other banks, across 7 regions. 16 other banks publish 20 accounts held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
32 accounts at other banks, in 29 currencies, as the bank publishes them: zkb.ch ↗ dated 12 Jan 2026
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Melbourne Australia | ANZBAU3M | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Canada | ROYCCAT2 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | China Construction Bank, Zürich Switzerland | PCBCCHZZCLR | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CZK | Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka A.S., Prague Czechia | CEKOCZPP | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | Danske Bank A/S, Copenhagen Denmark | DABADKKK | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Société Générale S.A., Paris France | SOGEFRPP | — | Commercial payments & trade finance | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt Germany | DEUTDEFF | — | CLS non-eligible FX, MM, fiduciaries, precious metals, bank notes, derivative transactions & securities, and related payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR China | HSBCHKHHHKH | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HUF | OTP Bank Plc, Budapest Hungary | OTPVHUHB | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| INR | Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., Mumbai India | KKBKINBBCPC | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| ILS | Bank Hapoalim BM, Tel Aviv Israel | POALILIT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | Mufg Bank Ltd., Tokyo Japan | BOTKJPJT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| KWD | National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait Kuwait | NBOKKWKW | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| MAD | Arab Bank Plc, Casablanca Morocco | ARABMAMC | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| MXN | BBVA Bancomer SA, Mexico City Mexico | BCMRMXMM | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd., Wellington New Zealand | ANZBNZ22 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NOK | DnB Bank ASA, Oslo Norway | DNBANOKK | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| PLN | PKO Bank Polski SA, Warsaw Poland | BPKOPLPW | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| QAR | Qatar National Bank, Doha Qatar | QNBAQAQA | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| RON | Banca Comerciala Romana SA, Bucharest Romania | RNCBROBU | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SAR | Saudi National Bank, Jeddah Saudi Arabia | NCBKSAJE | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd., Singapore Singapore | SCBLSG22 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | ABSA Bank LTD, Johannesburg South Africa | ABSAZAJJ | — | Commercial payments & trade finance | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd., Johannesburg South Africa | SBZAZAJJ | — | CLS non-eligible FX, MM, fiduciaries, precious metals, bank notes, derivative transactions & securities, and related payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Stockholm Sweden | ESSESESS | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| THB | Bangkok Bank Co Ltd., Bangkok Thailand | BKKBTHBK | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| TND | Banque de Tunisie S.A., Tunis Tunisia | BTBKTNTT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| TRY | Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, Istanbul Türkiye | ISBKTRIS | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| AED | First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates | NBADAEAA | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | HSBC Bank plc UK, London United Kingdom | MIDLGB22 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Citibank NA, New York United States | CITIUS33 | — | Commercial payments & trade finance | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Bank of New York Mellon, New York United States | IRVTUS3N | — | CLS non-eligible FX, MM, fiduciaries, precious metals, bank notes, derivative transactions & securities, and related payments | Matches the Swift directory |
One-page PDF titled 'List of Correspondents – Payment Instructions', dated 12 January 2026. It is linked from the International Payments page on zkb.ch. All 33 rows are extracted. Each row gives currency, institution, location and SWIFT code. No account numbers are published. Rows marked * are for commercial payments and trade finance. Rows marked ** are for CLS non-eligible FX, MM, fiduciaries, precious metals, bank notes, derivative transactions, securities and related payments. Direction is recorded as nostro because the list is published as payment instructions to the bank. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
16 other banks publish 20 accounts held with this bank, in 5 currencies.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHF | Axis Bank Limited India | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0700-00037.370 | — | axis.bank.in ↗ |
| CHF | Banque et Caisse D'epargne de L'etat, Luxembourg Luxembourg | ZKBKCHZZ80A | CH20 0070 0070 0000 0170 8 | Treasury and commercial payments | spuerkeess.lu ↗ dated 12 Jan 2026 |
| XAU | Basler Kantonalbank Switzerland | ZKBKCHZZ80A | — | Precious metals loco Zurich; through UBS AG, Zurich (UBSBCHZZXXX) | bkb.ch ↗ dated 1 Aug 2025 |
| XAG | Basler Kantonalbank Switzerland | ZKBKCHZZ80A | — | Precious metals loco Zurich; through UBS AG, Zurich (UBSBCHZZXXX) | bkb.ch ↗ dated 1 Aug 2025 |
| XPT | Basler Kantonalbank Switzerland | ZKBKCHZZ80A | — | Precious metals loco Zurich; through UBS AG, Zurich (UBSBCHZZXXX) | bkb.ch ↗ dated 1 Aug 2025 |
| XPD | Basler Kantonalbank Switzerland | ZKBKCHZZ80A | — | Precious metals loco Zurich; through UBS AG, Zurich (UBSBCHZZXXX) | bkb.ch ↗ dated 1 Aug 2025 |
| CHF | Canara Bank India | ZKBKCHZZ80A | CH8600700070001456393 | inward remittances | canarabank.bank.in ↗ |
| CHF | Clearstream Banking S.A. Luxembourg | ZKBKCHZZ80A | CH4900700070001470736 | — | clearstream.com ↗ dated 1 Jul 2026 |
| CHF | Dsk Bank Ad Bulgaria | ZKBKCHZZ80A | — | — | dskbank.bg ↗ |
| CHF | Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited India | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0700 00045 381 | inward remittances | kotak.bank.in ↗ |
| CHF | Punjab National Bank India | ZKBKCHZZ80A Listed as ZURCHER KANTONAL BANK | CHF5800700070000038369 | inward remittances | pnb.bank.in ↗ |
| CHF | Qnb Bank Anonim Sirketi Türkiye | ZKBKCHZZ | 0700-01251279 | — | qnb.com.tr ↗ |
| CHF | Rbl Bank Ltd. India | ZKBKCHZZ | 0-0700-01288342; IBAN CH9400700070001288342 | — | rbl.bank.in ↗ |
| CHF | Stadtsparkasse Duesseldorf Germany | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0700-1254.057/CHF CH2100700070001254057 | Treasury payments (SSI as of 1 July 2026) | sskduesseldorf.de ↗ dated 1 Jul 2026 |
| CHF | Stadtsparkasse Duesseldorf Germany | ZKBKCHZZ80A | CH2100700070001254057 | Commercial payments (SSI as of 25 January 2022) | sskduesseldorf.de ↗ dated 1 Jul 2026 |
| CHF | State Bank of India India | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0700-00035.769 | — | sbi.bank.in ↗ |
| CHF | The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C) Qatar | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0-0700-01367951 CH74 0070 0070 0013 6795 1 | settlement (SSI) | cbq.com.qa ↗ |
| CHF | The South Indian Bank LTD India | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0-0700-01284444 | — | southindianbank.bank.in ↗ |
| CHF | Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi T.A.O Türkiye | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0700-01268.163 | — | vbassets.vakifbank.com.tr ↗ dated 2025 |
| CHF | Union Bank of India India | ZKBKCHZZ80A | 0070001299247 | — | unionbankofindia.bank.in ↗ dated 15 May 2025 |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZKBKCHZZ80A | — | Zurich | BAHNHOFSTRASSE 9 ZURICH 8010 ZURICH SWITZERLAND | 165GRDQ39W63PHVONY02Zürcher Kantonalbank | 2024-01-06 |
| ZKBKCHZZCLS | CLS-DEPARTEMENT | Zurich | BAHNHOFSTRASSE 9 ZURICH 8010 ZURICH SWITZERLAND | — | 2024-01-06 |
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Sources & method
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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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