Spot foreign currency transaction

Immediate sale or purchase
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Hedge against currency risks with the spot foreign currency transaction and use price fluctuations to your own advantage. You benefit from free foreign currency purchase and sale.

Spot foreign currency transaction: free foreign currency purchase and sale

  • Foreign exchange transactions in 9 foreign currencies and 90 currency pairs

  • Purchase/sale against CHF or another currency

  • Credit and debit: immediate transactions possible or trading day plus 1 or 2 working days

  • Ideal instrument for payment transactions in foreign currencies

  • Amounts between CHF 1 and CHF 250,000 directly in e-finance at the real-time rate

  • Preconditions

    PostFinance accounts in the relevant currencies are required for foreign exchange transactions. The accounts must be in the same name.

    Credit/debit

    • For the purchase/sale of foreign currency, the foreign currency amount is debited/credited to the PostFinance account in the foreign currency
    • If the purchase/sale is in CHF, the amount is debited/credited to the PostFinance account in CHF
    • Conclusion of the transaction is documented with a trade confirmation and a credit/debit notification for the relevant accounts

  • CHF
    Swiss franc
    AUD
    Australian dollar
    CAD
    Canadian dollar
    DKK
    Danish krone
    EUR
    Euro
    GBP
    British pound
    JPY
    Japanese yen
    NOK
    Norwegian krone
    SEK
    Swedish krona
    USD
    United States dollar

Setting up a spot foreign currency transaction

Directly in e-finance or by telephone.
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