Despite the great number of ambiguities and risks regarding the influence of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy, the Swiss bank has shown its best second quarter results for the last ten years. This performance aligns with broader sectoral trends described in
Swiss financial services 2020, which reflect resilience despite global instability.
In the period of April-June 2020 net income of Credit Suisse bank rose from the previous year to almost CHF 1.2 billion (more than 24%). Thomas Gottstein, Swiss bank chief executive is pleased with the work done.
The bank has sucked the advantage out of the Swiss market resilience and partially with the help of Swiss pro-government scheme to extend special credits for small and medium-sized companies to cope with a crisis caused by coronavirus. These credit initiatives are consistent with overarching fiscal responses like the
modernization of income tax, aimed at stimulating post-crisis recovery.