PostFinance

Postfinance Ltd
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded1906; 119 years ago (1906)
HeadquartersBern, Switzerland
Area served
Switzerland
Key people
Beat Röthlisberger (Chairman)[1]
Products
CHF 1.240 billion (2023)[2]
Increase CHF 190 million (2023)[2]
ParentSwiss Post
Websitepostfinance.ch

Postfinance Ltd (own spelling PostFinance) is a subsidiary company of the state-owned Swiss Post,[3] whose foundations date back to the early 20th century as the financial services department of Swiss Post.[4] Postfinance is active in retail banking and business client business and as such is one of the largest Swiss financial institutions.[5]

Its main area of activity is in the national and international payments and a smaller but growing part in the areas of savings, investment, pensions, real estate and digital investments. Since 2013, Postfinance holds a banking licence and is under the supervision of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). In 2015, Postfinance was classified as systemically important by the Swiss National Bank in Switzerland and must comply with special rules on capital adequacy and liquidity and submit an emergency plan.[6]

  1. ^ "Beat Röthlisberger wird neuer CEO von Postfinance". Postfinance. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Report 2023" (PDF), Postfinance, p. 30, retrieved 13 January 2025
  3. ^ Samuel Gerber (6 September 2018). "Postfinance: Why the End of the Ban Matters". Finews. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference HB2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Konzernstruktur der Post". post.ch (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  6. ^ Michael Ferber (1 September 2015). "SNB stuft Postfinance als systemrelevant ein". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2025.

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