Swiss Bank Corporation was a Swiss investment bank and financial services company located in Switzerland. Prior to its merger, the bank was the third largest in Switzerland, with over CHF 300 billion
SBC had announced in 1994 that the bank would move its US headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut, in exchange for US$120 million in tax credits. Later the headquarters of UBS Investment Bank's trading operations, the Stamford complex featured the largest trading floor ever built, roughly the size of two football fields. Following an expansion in 2002, the floor covers 103,000-square-foot (9,600 m2) with 40-foot (12 m) arched ceilings.