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A 102 years old history

Fides Treasury Services Ltd. was founded in 2006 out of the Fides Information Services Ltd. Its roots go back to 1910 when Fides Trust was founded. As one of the first providers, Fides started in the global account reporting business in 1985.

1910Formation of FIDES Treuhand
1912Change of name into Fides Treuhand-Vereinigung
1928The Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA) buys the majority of shares of the Fides Treuhand-Vereinigung
1958A joint-venture with the international accounting firm Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. leads to Peat Marwick & Fides AG, Zurich
1968The opening of the Fides computer centre in Zurich positions Fides at the top of Switzerland's data processing bureaus
1970Formation of Fides (Germany) GmbH, Frankfurt
1974Fides Treuhand-Vereinigung splits into Fides Treuhandgesellschaft and Fides Revision under the roof of a new holding structure
1977Formation of Fides Espana S.A.; Fides becomes a more and more international player
1981Spin-off of FIDES Revision
1985Start of Fides Account Reporting System (ARS)
1990Start of operation SWIFT node
1992Management-Buy-out of Fides Revision, which is integrated into the newly founded KPMG Holding. Inside SKA, FIDES Informatik is founded
1997FIDES becomes a SWIFT registered service bureau
1997Formation of FIDES Information Services
1999Formation of Enexx Trading Tools Ltd.
2006Sale of the business unit Financial Information Services to vwd Vereinte Wirtschaftsdienste, Frankfurt. Spin-off of Fides Treasury Services Ltd.
2010Launch of the hybrid SWIFT Service Bureau
2011Fides becomes a SWIFT Member Concentrator Operator