The village bank (credit union)
You've seen the post office and the bus shelter (20070420). The next important stop is the bank. Try as I might, I can't take a photo of the building that I like, so I'm pushing it to the side here. It's the white building just about falling off the right edge of the photo. The name of the bank is Raiffeisen, and it is currently the third largest banking group in Switzerland (after Credit Suisse and UBS).
The Raiffeisen bank group operates in a manner similar to the credit unions in the US. The name comes from Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888), the man who conceived of the idea of cooperative self-help and established the first credit union in 1864 in Germany. As you might expect, Raiffeisen branches can be found in almost every little place in Switzerland. They run great promotionals with discounts for hotels and transportation tickets all over CH and we're very happy to be members.
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6 comments:
Lovely clear photo, very sharp.
Thanks for the text. I can't believe every small place has a bank, all we've got is one of those hole in the wall affairs that's situated in a supermarket.
Angela
Credit Suisse and UBS are huge in NYC, especially UBS.
Nice that there's still room for a little more than the profit imperative.
In answer to your question in my comments, London hasn't appeared in the portal or link lists since my Blogger upgrade happened. I neither have the time nor inclination to worry about it.
It's truly amazing to hear that these tiny branches are going strong in S. Amazing, isn't that economics ALLEDGEDLY drives them all to close here, but the sums don't give the same result in Switzrland...a real puzzle. Then again....no, it's not amazing.
Good photo...no nice view so put it on the side!!! Success.
I should find out more about them. Sadly, my German is too poor to make it straight-forward to read things like their annual reports.
The street looks so empty. I can't even imagine an empty street in NYC. So this is nice to see.
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