Switzerland · Financial institution
Postfinance AG
PostFinance AG is a public limited company based in Bern. It is wholly owned by Die Schweizerische Post AG, which is owned by the Swiss Confederation. It provides payment, savings, investment and retirement services to private and corporate customers in Switzerland, and postal legislation bars it from granting loans and mortgages. Swiss Post moved its financial services division into the company in June 2013, when its FINMA licence as a bank and securities dealer took effect.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- POFICHBEXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under POFICHBE directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SDD Core · SDD B2B · SIC · SIC IP · euroSIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1999-06-05
- Last updated
- 2021-10-02
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Die Schweizerische Post AG
Institution type
Postal bank
- Ownership
- Die Schweizerische Post AG (Swiss Post) holds 100% of the shares, and the Swiss Confederation owns Swiss Post.
- Direct parent
- Die Schweizerische Post AG ↗, Switzerland 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
- Head office
- Mingerstrasse 20, 3030 Bern, Switzerland
- Company register
- CHE-114.583.749 (commercial register of the Canton of Bern)
Business lines
According to its interim report for the first half of 2026, interest income from investments on money and capital markets is its main source of income, because postal legislation does not allow it to issue loans and mortgages.
Online
- Websites & references
- postfinance.ch ↗
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · TikTok ↗ · Kununu ↗
Sources · 15 pages consulted
- postfinance.ch/en/about-us/company/organization.html
- postfinance.ch/content/dam/pfch/doc/440_459/450_01_interim_2026_en.pdf
- postfinance.ch/en/about-us/media/reporting/interim-report.html
- postfinance.ch/en/about-us/media/reporting.html
- postfinance.ch/en/business/company-type/financial-institutions.html
- postfinance.ch/en/business/company-type/financial-institutions/international.html
- postfinance.ch/content/dam/pfch/doc/a_d/bank_ssi_en.pdf
- postfinance.ch/en/about-us/media/newsroom/half-year-result-2026.html
- postfinance.ch/en/about-us/media/newsroom/postfinance-to-introduce-extended-executive-board.html
- terminal-shop.postfinance.ch/imprint/
- moneyhouse.ch/en/company/postfinance-ag-4561908801
- finma.ch/en/news/2013/06/mm-postfinance-20130626/
- finews.com/news/english-news/67985-postfinance-findet-neuen-finanzchef-mit-grossbanken-erfahrung-ubs
- pulse2.com/postfinance-appoints-christoph-kurth-to-board-of-directors/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostFinance
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Beat Röthlisberger
Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Marcel Bührer
Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief financial officer
-
Claudio Gaugler
Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
-
Felicia Kölliker
Head of Corporate Customers, Deputy CEO
- Executive
-
Heidi Steiger
Chief Risk Officer (Risk, Compliance and Legal)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Switzerland
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Switzerland
- Swiss National Bank Central bankOther
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank announced that Risk and Compliance will become two separate Executive Board units from the first quarter of 2027.
postfinance.ch ↗ -
Leadership
An extraordinary general meeting elected Christoph Kurth to the Board of Directors, succeeding Bernadette Koch, who stepped down in March 2026.
pulse2.com ↗ -
Leadership
Heidi Steiger joined the Executive Board as Chief Risk Officer and head of the Risk, Compliance and Legal unit.
postfinance.ch ↗ -
Other
The bank sold 3.5% of Swissquote Group Holding SA and disposed of its remaining stake in the first half of 2026.
postfinance.ch ↗ -
Leadership
Claudio Gaugler became Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Kurt Fuchs, who left at the end of February 2025.
finews.com ↗ -
Leadership
Beat Röthlisberger took office as Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2024.
postfinance.ch ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- POFICHBEXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- POFIBank
- CHCountry · Switzerland
- BELocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 5299000LHOLXRRD8L428
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- IID (BC-Nummer) 9000
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Switzerland · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Die Schweizerische Post AG · Switzerland5299008IS7CFPGNAOS18 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Confédération suisse · Switzerland5067006OA1BJ88912Q83 ↗
The Confédération suisse group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.
Including Eth Zurich, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen Sbb.
See the Confédération suisse group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- MINGERSTRASSE 20 BERN 3030 SWITZERLAND
- Operational address
- MINGERSTRASSE 20 BERNE 3030 BERNE SWITZERLAND
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI and its CHBCC clearing code
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>POFICHBEXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>CHBCC</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>9000</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>5299000LHOLXRRD8L428</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>POFICHBEXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>CHBCC</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>9000</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>5299000LHOLXRRD8L428</LEI>
<Nm>POSTFINANCE AG</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>CH</Ctry>
<AdrLine>MINGERSTRASSE 20 BERN 3030</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>Swift’s two address fields do not agree on a town, so the full record gives the address as address lines only.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2009-11-02 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2011-04-01 | Head office | — |
| Swiss Interbank Clearing (SIC), Swiss franc real-time gross settlementISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| SIC instant payments (Swiss franc)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| euroSIC (euro real-time gross settlement in Switzerland) | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. SIX Bank Master entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
IID (BC-Nummer) · Switzerland
1 code file of 2026-10-12 · ISO 20022 clearing system code CHBCC
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9000 | POFICHBEXXX | PostFinance AG | Bern |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
Network
Correspondent banking
The bank publishes 20 accounts at other banks, across 5 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
20 accounts at other banks, in 18 currencies, as the bank publishes them: postfinance.ch ↗ dated May 2025
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Sydney Australia | CTBAAU2S | 06796710008839 | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | National Bank of Canada, Montreal Canada | BNDCCAMM | 09766122800100101 | Matches the Swift directory |
| CZK | Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (CSOB), Prague Czechia | CEKOCZPP | CZ22 0300 0000 0001 6678 4693 | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | Nordea Danmark, Filial of Nordea Bank ABP, Finland Denmark | NDEADKKK | DK14 2000 5000 0240 25 | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt Germany | DEUTDEFF | DE67 5007 0010 0942 5083 00 | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | TARGET, RTGS+ Germany | SECGDEFF | — | Directory name differs SECB SWISS EURO CLEARING BANK GMBH |
| GBP | Citibank N.A., London United Kingdom | CITIGB2L | GB81 CITI 1850 0808 0161 94 | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | UBS Switzerland AG Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | CH110023023001638770R | Matches the Swift directory |
| HUF | UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt., Budapest Hungary | BACXHUHB | HU86 1091 8001 0000 0001 1963 0006 | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Tokyo Japan | CHASJPJT | 0143554038 | Matches the Swift directory |
| MAD | Banque Centrale Populaire, Casablanca Morocco | BCPOMAMC | 9010 13330 9010 887 0004 | Matches the Swift directory |
| NOK | Nordea Bank ABP, Filial I Norge Norway | NDEANOKK | NO56 6001 0228 940 | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | Bank of New Zealand New Zealand | BKNZNZ22985 | 2171320000 | Matches the Swift directory |
| PLN | Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Warsaw Poland | PKOPPLPW | PL03 1240 0001 3131 7171 1112 0301 | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | Nordea Bank ABP, Filial I Sverige Sweden | NDEASESS | SE14 3000 0000 0395 2771 1703 | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | UBS Switzerland AG Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | CH060023023001638771H | Matches the Swift directory |
| THB | Bangkok Bank, Bangkok Thailand | BKKBTHBK | 610-103 | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Citibank N.A., New York United States | CITIUS33 | 00036020353 | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. United States | CHASUS33 | 930028169 | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | ABSA, Johannesburg South Africa | ABSAZAJJ | 027268ZAR671201 | Matches the Swift directory |
PDF titled Standard Settlement Instructions SSI, issue May 2025 (document 460.342 en), linked from the page for foreign financial institutions. It lists 20 rows and all were extracted. The TARGET RTGS+ row has no account number. The same page also offers vostro CHF and EUR accounts for foreign banks but publishes no list of them. The list is dated May 2025 and may have changed since. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: SIX Interbank Clearing, Bank Master.
- National bank codes—Switzerland (Source: SIX Interbank Clearing Bank Master).
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: postfinance.ch (official website); Beat Röthlisberger: postfinance.ch (official website) · original; Marcel Bührer: postfinance.ch (official website) · original; Claudio Gaugler: postfinance.ch (official website) · original; Felicia Kölliker: postfinance.ch (official website) · original; Heidi Steiger: postfinance.ch (official website) · original.
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