UBS considers relocating its headquarters from Switzerland to the US due to new Swiss capital rules

UBS is preparing to pack its ￰0￱ 162-year-old banking giant is deep in talks about ditching Zurich and moving its headquarters to the United States, according to The ￰1￱ comes as the bank rejects a new proposal from Swiss regulators demanding it cough up an extra $26 billion in capital, a requirement the bank says would wreck its ability to stay competitive, Cryptopolitan ￰2￱ Colm Kelleher and CEO Sergio Ermotti have already made ￰3￱ two recently held meetings with President Trump’s team in Washington to explore ￰4￱ is finalized yet, but insiders say UBS is also considering acquiring a US bank to plant deeper roots in the ￰5￱ targets US banks as Switzerland tightens grip The Swiss government came up with the new capital rule after UBS bailed out its longtime rival, Credit Suisse, in ￰6￱ rescue followed a run on Credit Suisse’s deposits and fears of collapse.

Now, Switzerland says tougher regulations are necessary to prevent another ￰7￱ says the new rule is overkill. “The changes would result in capital requirements that are neither proportionate nor internationally aligned,” UBS said in a public ￰8￱ confirmed they’re still negotiating with Swiss authorities to roll back the increase, but the tone is ￰9￱ guys are ready to leave if they don’t get what they ￰10￱ and Colm are eyeing the US for more than just better ￰11￱ Trump administration is offering deregulation as ￰12￱ official inside the White House, speaking to The Post, said , “This is what we want,” when asked about foreign banks like UBS relocating to the ￰13￱ Secretary Scott Bessent’s office wouldn’t comment, but also didn’t deny the talks.

UBS, valued at $126 billion, is scouting midsize American banks for potential ￰14￱ Financial, based in Pittsburgh, is one option with a $79 billion ￰15￱ of New York, worth around $74 billion, is another ￰16￱ makes this interesting is that UBS can do something JPMorgan Chase can’t; make a big acquisition without tripping over the US deposit ￰17￱ deposit cap stops any US bank from holding more than 10% of total deposits after an ￰18￱ has hit that ￰19￱ UBS, as a foreign bank, isn’t subject to ￰20￱ gives them an open lane to grow fast if they set up shop in the ￰21￱ administration opens doors as UBS pushes back at home UBS’s meetings with Trump’s team were not just about potential ￰22￱ bigger goal is escaping what they see as suffocating rules back ￰23￱ Swiss proposal would force UBS to increase its capital buffer, the money it holds in reserve in case things go wrong, by a staggering $26 ￰24￱ in the US are insured up to $250,000 per account by the Federal Deposit Insurance ￰25￱ banks are labeled “systemically important” and face stricter regulation, a law born out of the 2008 financial ￰26￱ even with that, UBS argues that US oversight is more manageable compared to what Swiss regulators ￰27￱ is already classified as “systemically important” in Switzerland, which means they’re under more intense ￰28￱ with this new rule, Swiss oversight would go beyond what the US demands.

That’s one reason UBS is seriously looking at ￰29￱ pressure, more ￰30￱ far, UBS has not confirmed any final ￰31￱ they aren’t denying the meetings, ￰32￱ press rep had no comment when asked about conversations with Trump officials. Scott’s office also refused to discuss ￰33￱ no one’s pushing back on the ￰34￱ up to Bybit and start trading with $30,050 in welcome gifts