Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 2. Historical Background.- Chapter 3. Banks in the Old Confederation and in Geneva (Before 1848).- Chapter 4. Free Banking and the Foundation of the Swiss National Bank (1826-1907).- Chapter 5. Railway Boom, the Big Banks, and the Ascent of Zurich as Financial Centre (1848-1914).- Chapter 6. A Safe Haven in an Unstable World (1914-1945).- Chapter 7. The Golden Age (1946-1970s).- Chapter 8. Swiss Banking During Financial Globalisation (1970s-2008).- Chapter 9. Global Financial Crisis, Too-big-to-fail Problem, and the End of Banking Secrecy (Since 2008).- Chapter 10. Why Are There So Many Banks in Switzerland? A Tentative Answer.