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A world without Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, was everywhere. But the ailing bank and its image look set to slowly fade from our collective memory after Sunday’s shock announcement of a UBS state-backed takeover.

In a selection of archive images, SWI swissinfo.ch’s photo editors reflect on what everyday life might look like when Credit Suisse is gone.

UBS agreed to buy rival bank Credit Suisse on March 19 for CHF3 billion ($3.23 billion) and assume up to $5.4 billion in losses, in a shotgun merger engineered by Swiss authorities.

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