A selfie marathon on holiday, an on-trend fire haircut, pizza with insects, or even a horse in the dog park? Are these things normal? There’s no clear-cut answer, but what is now normal is this: with the new PostFinance Card combined with Debit Mastercard®, you can pay anywhere in Switzerland and abroad. And of course, you can also make your online purchases from the comfort of your home.
In Switzerland, you can pay wherever the PostFinance Card logo or the Mastercard logo is displayed
Make cashless payments worldwide – in shops and online shops: look out for the Mastercard logo
Secure payment in online shops – with one-off 3D Secure registration
Free cash withdrawals at Postomats, in Swiss Post branches and in countless shops in Switzerland.
Withdraw cash worldwide at ATMs displaying the Mastercard logo
You can pay with your PostFinance Card as before wherever the PostFinance logo is displayed. The card is also accepted wherever the Mastercard logo is displayed.
Before you can start making contactless payments, a contact-based transaction using your PIN is required, for example checking your account balance at a Postomat.
You can pay with your PostFinance Card in online shops as usual. Where this option is not available, select “Mastercard”. This means you can pay with your PostFinance Card in online shops worldwide.
In the online shop, select the “Mastercard” option and follow the instructions. In most cases, you will have to enter the following data from your card (additional checks are at the merchant’s discretion):
Pay securely with your PostFinance Card. If you make the payment with Mastercard, the globally accepted 3-D Secure procedure is used. Complete a one-time activation for 3-D Secure now.
Precondition: Swiss mobile phone number
Activate 3-D Secure in the credit card settings in e-finance.
Activate 3-D Secure in four steps in the PostFinance App.
Activate 3-D Secure by The link will open in a new window entering your card data. It takes several working days to complete the registration.
The current withdrawal limits remain unchanged. The contactless function allows you to pay amounts up to CHF 100 with the PostFinance Card without entering your PIN. The limit is CHF 80 for purchases processed with the Debit Mastercard.
The PostFinance Card for private customers remains free of charge.
For business customers, the PostFinance Card costs CHF 30 per year, as before.
A processing fee of 1.5% applies on purchases made abroad (goods or services bought in shops and online).
PostFinance Card with Debit Mastercard:
PostFinance credit card:
You can block your card or order a replacement card on your own in e-finance or in the app.
