The Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE) aims to contribute to the development of the canton of Geneva and of the region by offering competitive banking services to all its residents and all its companies or institutions.
A local bank, it puts the densest banking network in the canton at the service of the community with
23 branches and 121 cash dispensers (ATMs). The BCGE also offers its banking services on the Internet (BCGE Netbanking) and by telephone, as well as in the areas of corporate banking, wealth management, analysis of the financial markets and international business.
The BCGE Group :
Today a full-service regional bank, Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE) provides the community with the Canton's densest banking network, with 23 branches, three 24-hour zones and 121 ATMs.
BCGE is the central source of the Bank for individuals and for corporate finance, particularly for SMEs and the Geneva property sector. BCGE also offers private banking services and financial asset management for institutional clients. It plays a key role in supporting and boosting the regional economy.
BCGE is listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange (code: BCGE). It employs 809 people.
With its headquarters in Lyon and a branch in Annecy, Banque Cantonale de Genève (France) SA is a 100%-owned BCGE subsidiary. It offers company finance and property services to companies and individuals, in addition to wealth management for private clients. BCGE France is a logical and efficient feature of a dynamic economic zone that is taking shape between Lyon and Geneva.
The French subsidiary benefits from the support of the parent company in the area of refinancing.
Banque Cantonale de Genève (France) SA employs 36 people.
Capital Transmission SA finances and invests in corporate conveyancing and expansion operations in the region. It has an available fund of CHF 50 million which it uses for companies’ long-term expansion or to enable them to be consolidated or transferred, either by acquiring minority holdings or by funding with mezzanine finance.
Capital Transmission does not get involved in the day-to-day running of the entities it finances. It privileges companies that have the potential to contribute to the region’s economy and that are likely to create employment opportunities. The company completes the BCGE’s corporate finance services offer.
Benefiting from an ability to obtain considerable public financing and the experience of Swiss and French specialists in finance for public authorities, Swiss Public Finance Solutions (SPFS) offers finance models to public authorities in Geneva and Switzerland as well as to public-law corporations.
It also develops long-term refinancing solutions for other cantonal and regional banks. SPFS is based in Geneva and held by BCGE (50%), Crédit Foncier de France (40%) and Caisse d'Epargne Rhône-Alpes (10%).
SPFS establishes contact, defines the requirements and draws up the operational plan: the participating banks then undertake the financing as such..