Staatliche Schweizer Bank Postfinance bietet Kunden direkten Zugang zum Kryptomarkt

Swiss post office’s banking unit, die staatliche Postfinance, bereitet sich Berichten zufolge auf den Eintritt in den Kryptomarkt vor. “Our clients want direct access to this market through their house bank.”

Swiss Post Office’s Banking Arm to Enter Crypto Market

The banking and financial services arm of Swiss Post, the state-owned enterprise responsible for Switzerland’s postal and other essential public infrastructure services, ist reportedly planning to offer its customers direct access to cryptocurrencies.

The Swiss parliament established Postfinance’s predecessor in 1906 to provide payment services to retail customers. Postfinance operated as a division of Swiss Post until June 2013, when it became a bank under Swiss law. It is currently regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

The bank already offers crypto exposure to its customers through the Yuh app, which it co-developed with banking group Swissquote. “Yuh combines paying, saving, and investing in one package,“ beschreibt seine Website.

Postfinance’s head of retail banking, Sandra Lienhart, was quoted as saying:

Our clients want direct access to this market through their house bank … Given the growing institutionalization [of cryptocurrencies] im letzten 18 Monate, this is the ideal time to enter the market.

Swiss Post has been selling crypto stamps. Der first collection, issued in November 2021, consisted of 175,000 Krypto-Briefmarken. They were sold out within five hours.

Schild, the post office announced that it is launching Swiss Crypto Stamp 2.0. “The second crypto stamp collection will be available from selected branches and at postshop.ch from 8 August 2022, with an issue of 250,000 stamps,” according to the announcement.

There will be 10 different designs “reflecting the various values of Switzerland, such as solidarity, sustainable thinking, peace, and diversity,” the announcement continues, adding that when placed next to each other, the ten designs form a larger picture.

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Kevin Helms

Studentin der österreichischen Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Kevin fand Bitcoin in 2011 und ist seitdem Evangelist. Seine Interessen liegen in der Bitcoin-Sicherheit, Open-Source-Systeme, Netzwerkeffekte und die Schnittstelle zwischen Ökonomie und Kryptographie.

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