Car market
Chinese car brands gain ground on the Swiss market
In the first seven months of 2026, BYD overtook Tesla in electric car sales in Switzerland, growing by 1,197%. The market share of Chinese brands has been rising steadily for three years.
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Economy
Business, work and finance in Italian-speaking Switzerland
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Precious metals
Mendrisiotto, a global gold hub: 218 billion francs in trade in 2025
Free trade
Switzerland and China sign updated free trade agreement
Crypto theft
Binance hit by cyberattack, $6.3bn in crypto assets stolen
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity: Swiss SMEs are protected but not prepared for an attack
Banking
UBS closes third quarter with net profit of $2.7 billion
Retail sector
Migros to merge its 11 cooperatives into a single group
Cybersecurity
FreeScout fixes a security flaw discovered by Webcracy
Cybersecurity
Critical PHP and Node.js vulnerabilities, the fixes from October 21
Heritage and tourism
Vitaliano Borromeo Arese dies, the man who transformed tourism on Lake Maggiore
German crisis
Thiel and Huang criticise Germany's technological decline
Fuel prices
Oil prices fall, but petrol does not get cheaper in Switzerland
EU trade relations
France and Germany open the door to Switzerland on “Made in Europe” label
Banking sector
UBS weighs leaving Switzerland, but experts remain skeptical
Nobel in economics
Nobel in economics goes to Hall and Woodford, Fehr misses out again
Platform work
Uber drivers in Zurich say earnings keep shrinking
Cybersecurity
Ricardo data breach exposes information of 890,000 users
Wine industry
Parmelin backs away from support for Swiss wine growers
Air transport
Lugano Airport: federal concession renewed until 2056
Innovation and jobs
Robotics: 217 Swiss companies, over half from universities and research
Social security
AVS: minimum pension rises to 1,280 francs a month from January
Public finances
SNB caps annual payout to federal government and cantons at six billion
Digital businesses
Webcracy, the Locarno software house that keeps data in Ticino
Financial supervision
FINMA closes proceedings against Julius Bär over Signa collapse