Inside hours of its state-backed takeover by UBS Group being introduced, memorabilia bearing lender Credit score Suisse’s identify and emblem was being put up on the market in Switzerland, marking the end of an era.
Dozens of bars of gold, stamped with the identify of the issuer — the 167-year-old Credit score Suisse — had been uploaded to the nation’s hottest on-line marketplaces, Ricardo.ch and tutti.ch.
Blue and crimson ski hats bearing the ‘CS’ letters, which had been the peak of trend within the Seventies, had been getting bids of near 200 Swiss francs ($216).
Different branded merch up on the market included stamps, outdated letters, and sports activities luggage.
With it nonetheless unknown whether or not the Credit score Suisse model will likely be continued, the sellers are searching for to draw these seeking to snap up a bit of Swiss monetary historical past.
Credit score Suisse is predicted to stay an impartial model till the merger is full, at which level UBS will resolve whether or not to drag the plug on the separate Credit score Suisse id.
Corporate swag from recently failed Silicon Valley Bank can be proving in style on-line, as is merchandise linked to Lehman Brothers, which filed for chapter on the peak of the 2008 monetary disaster.
