Swiss bank BCV has signed as an Official Partner of the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games.
BCV is the sixth Official Partner to sign up for the Youth Olympic Games which takes place in January next year.
Pascal Kiener, chief executive of BCV, said: “Young people are important to us at BCV. We offer them an array of banking services tailored to their needs and budgets. We also play an educational role, employing around 100 students and trainees every year. And through our sponsorship programme, we support many of the sporting, cultural, and social events that are so popular among Vaud’s young people.”
Lausanne-based BCV is the leading bank in the region of Vaud in western Switzerland. The bank supports various local teams, including the Lausanne hockey club, since 1987, and the Lausanne-Sport football club, since 2011.
It also provides financial support to young sports people who train at the Cantonal Football Association of Vaud, the Mérite Sportif Vaudois and the Fondation d’Aide aux Sportifs Vaudois.
BCV joins Retraites Populaires, Swisscom, ECA, Odlo and Ikea in the top domestic tier for the Youth Games. The Lausanne 2020 partner portfolio also includes nine Official Suppliers, five Institutional Supporters and 11 Institutional Partners.