News and developments

17 February 2017: Cembra Money Bank acquires invoice financing provider SWISSBILLING SA

Cembra Money Bank has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of SWISSBILLING. The transaction is expected to close within the first quarter of 2017. The transaction consideration was below CHF 10 million and is expected to have a negative impact of 0.1% on the Group’s CET1 ratio as at closing.

Walder Wyss advises Cembra Money Bank on this transaction. The Walder Wyss team includes Markus Pfenninger (Lead Partner, Banking Finance), Alex Nikitine (Partner Capital Markets/Corporate M&A), Fabian D. Glässer (Associate, Banking Finance) und Christoph Stutz (Associate, Corporate/Employment).