The Payment Röstigraben
The Swiss are generally regarded as punctual bill payers. The business information service Bisnode D&B has once again investigated payment behavior in Switzerland and found that rifts are opening up.
Ticino is the canton with the worst payment behavior: 61.5 percent of invoices are paid late here. This is shown by the current analysis of companies' payment behavior in the first half of 2016. However, not only Italian-speaking Switzerland, but also French-speaking Switzerland stands out particularly negatively with a very high proportion of overdue payments - apparently there is a Röstigraben effect when it comes to paying bills on time. The border cantons do not exhibit particularly good payment morale either. In the interior of Switzerland, payment behavior then improves significantly. The canton of Uri stands out particularly positively here, where only 18.7 percent of bills were paid late. Overall, 40.5 percent of bills were paid late throughout Switzerland. The average delay was 10.8 days.
Source: Bisnode D&B
