{"id":67702,"date":"2026-05-18T22:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/67702\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:39:30","slug":"postfinance-expands-crypto-services-to-swiss-businesses-and-joint-accounts-fintech-schweiz-digital-finance-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/67702\/","title":{"rendered":"PostFinance Expands Crypto Services to Swiss Businesses and Joint Accounts &#8211; Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox<\/p>\n<p>Swiss businesses now have expanded infrastructure to access the digital asset market, following a rollout of <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ch\/tag\/postfinance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PostFinance<\/a> crypto services for corporate clients.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion allows companies to trade 22 cryptocurrencies and participate in Ethereum staking directly from their standard bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The B2B offering is integrated directly into the bank\u2019s e-finance platform and mobile app.<\/p>\n<p>It operates as an execution-only service, mirroring the existing setup for individual retail users but catering to institutional and corporate needs.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this expanded service, corporate users can participate in Ethereum staking.<\/p>\n<p>This mechanism allows businesses to earn rewards on their digital asset holdings by participating in network validation.<\/p>\n<p>PostFinance securely stores all digital assets in Switzerland. This meets the strict regulatory and audit standards required of a systemically important Swiss bank.<\/p>\n<p>An internal survey by PostFinance found that only 14% of Swiss companies have practical experience with digital assets. However, demand is increasing across institutional segments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alexander-Thoma.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-78220 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alexander-Thoma-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Alexander Thoma\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/><\/a>Alexander Thoma<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstitutional corporate customers, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, administrations, pension funds and corporations, have a particularly high need,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>said Alexander Thoma, Head of Digital Assets, PostFinance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese corporate customers already manage their finances professionally and expect the same standard for digital assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the corporate rollout, PostFinance has extended its digital asset services to private customers with joint partner accounts.<\/p>\n<p>This allows couples or shared account holders to build a digital asset portfolio together as part of their combined financial planning.<\/p>\n<p>Retail customers using partner accounts can also automate their investments through a savings plan feature. This automated investment option requires a minimum deposit of US$50.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image credit: Edited by Fintech News Switzerland, based on image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/free-photo\/hand-pointing-currency-blockchain-technology-background_15559147.htm#fromView=search&amp;page=1&amp;position=0&amp;uuid=466ce7d4-34cd-42af-95b4-6a66f983d7a0&amp;query=digital+asset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">rawpixel.com<\/a> via Magnific<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Swiss businesses now have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[26554,41,17],"class_list":["post-67702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-postfinance","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116597985493792282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}