Union Bank of Switzerland
Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) was a Swiss investment bank and financial services company located in Switzerland. The bank, which at the time was the second largest bank in Switzerland, merged with Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998 to become UBS. This merger formed what was then the largest bank in Europe and the second largest bank in the world.
In 1917, the newly merged Swiss Banking Association (later UBS) opened a new headquarters on Bahnhofstrasse (pictured above) in Zürich.
UBS "Gold Key" used to access an account number known only to the bearer.
Share of the Eidgenössische Bank AG, issued 23 June 1893
The Union Bank of Switzerland's principal office at Bahnhofstrasse 45 in Zürich served as the headquarters for the combined bank.
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 of assets and CHF 11.7 billion of equity.
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.
