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[3] Ticker AG in Zurich was founded with the purpose of transmitting stock market prices.

[5] The Neue Zürcher Zeitung described stock exchange television as a world first and devoted a technology supplement to this technical development.

INTERSETTLE was previously responsible for securities settlement downstream of stock exchange trading.

The Commission of Competition (Weko) intervened and accused the SIX subsidiary of abusing its dominant position.

[14] In December 2006, SIX Multipay Ltd also made the DCC function available to other terminal providers and disclosed the interface information.

[19] On March 27, 2024, SIX acquired a majority stake in FactEntry, a global provider of fixed income reference data, analytics, and solutions for financial market participants.

[10] SIX also operates systems that protect assets and documents from unauthorized access (custody).

The «Securities Services» division also includes platforms for direct debits and e-bills as well as the electronic information portal for land register data in Switzerland.

This makes it possible for financial institutions worldwide to handle electronic payments in euros and Swiss francs in Switzerland around the clock in real time.

[23] SIX Interbank Clearing also participates in various committees to standardize national and international payments (IBAN and SEPA) and maintains the tables, history and ongoing discussion for ISO 4217, the ISO standard that defines international currency codes.

[25] SECB was established in 1998 and started operations on 1 January 1999,[25] the same day as the euro was introduced as single currency of 11 member states of the EU.

It settles transactions in euros that are processed on the SIC system, thanks to its access to the TARGET Services platform of the Eurosystem.

In the mid-2000s, UBS preferred to process transactions in euro via its own direct access to the German real-time gross settlement system, which was subsequently replaced by TARGET2.

[28] In addition, SIX clients can keep up to date on prices and market rates for around 15 million financial instruments.

The museum presents a multimedia exhibition on the origins of the economic system and the importance of the Swiss financial market and its infrastructure.

[32] UBS, Credit Suisse, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Valiant Bank as well as Raiffeisen Schweiz participate at the project.