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Q3 figures: Stable result for Swiss Post in increasingly challenging environment

After a very encouraging first half of the year, Swiss Post’s result up to the end of the third quarter was less strong, as expected. The Group result (EBIT) stood at 345 million francs as at the end of September, up by 2 million on the figure for 2021.

PostFinance Investment Report: In Switzerland, a banking country, only half of all adults invest their money

In cooperation with the School of Business at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), PostFinance conducted an extensive survey on investment behaviour in Switzerland.

15 years of the PostFinance Arena: the story continues until 2025

Since 2007, PostFinance has given its name to Bern’s ice hockey stadium at Allmend. This August, the PostFinance Arena celebrated its 15th anniversary.

PostFinance to cancel the customer asset fee as of 1 October 2022

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced today that it will increase the key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points to 0.5 percent as of 23 September 2022. PostFinance is responding to this adjustment by cancelling the customer asset fee for affected customers from 1 October 2022.

Interim results: Swiss Post on track financially – but environment remains challenging

In the first half of 2022, Swiss Post generated a profit of 259 million francs, up 12 million francs on the first six months of 2021.

PostFinance expands its mortgage lending services

Under its 2021 to 2024 strategy, PostFinance is focusing on customer requirements, increasing its innovative strength and improving its efficiency. It is now realigning its position in mortgage lending and optimizing its retail banking services for customers.

PostFinance to adjust customer asset fee as of 1 July 2022

On 17 June 2022, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) increased the SNB key rate by half a percentage point to –0.25 percent. PostFinance is reacting to this adjustment accordingly and therefore also reducing its customer asset fee for relevant customers by 1 July at the latest.

Philipp Merkt appointed as new Chief Investment Officer at PostFinance

Philipp Merkt was appointed the new Chief Investment Officer and Head of Asset Management Solutions at PostFinance on 1 April 2022. His goal is to turn PostFinance into a leading Swiss investment bank.

Swiss Post makes a good start to 2022 in challenging conditions

Swiss Post recorded a better result for the first quarter of 2022 than the prior year period, with a substantial share of this improvement coming from PostFinance.

The PostFinance Card provides more payment options worldwide

PostFinance customers can now pay practically anywhere with their debit card. The combination with Debit Mastercard® means the PostFinance Card can be used at lots of additional points of sale and now also abroad.

Chasing points for junior ice hockey

This year PostFinance is supporting up-and-coming Swiss ice hockey players by contributing 608,000 francs. The 24 PostFinance Top Scorers of the National and Swiss League clubs in the latest competition earned a total of 304,000 francs for their clubs’ juniors.

Successful first year for Swiss Post with new strategy

Swiss Post has recovered faster than expected from the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2021, it generated Group profit of 457 million francs, up 279 million francs year-on-year.

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