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Credit Suisse ski hats are cult items: in the late 1970s, the bank distributed 800,000 hats to current and future customers. They have shot up in value on eBay since last weekend's rescue operation. Keystone
The history of Credit Suisse epitomises the transformation of the Swiss financial industry from discreet bankers who profited from capital flight and banking secrecy to risk-taking investment bankers.
This content was published on March 22, 2023 March 22, 2023 minutes David Eugster / SRF Deutsch
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Back in the 1980s, people might have been forgiven for believing that Switzerland belonged to Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA), as Credit Suisse was then called. Thousands of Swiss children used to wear cherry-red and sky-blue Schweizerische Kreditanstalt hats with a stylised cross on it. Malicious voices even blamed the bank for a nationwide plague of lice in schools because the children were forever getting their hats mixed up. By 1977, 800,000 hats had been distributed; this popular freebie remained in production until 1993. The Swiss equivalent of the Volkswagen Golf car generation in Germany was the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt generation.
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