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  • FinanceScout24 and Abilect enter into strategic partnership

    FinanceScout24 and Abilect enter into strategic partnership

    FinanceScout24 and Abilect have entered into a strategic partnership and are now offering digital solutions for the renovation and financing of real estate.the cooperation offers Abilect customers attractive financing solutions for their renovation projects. In return, FinanceScout24 customers benefit from a simple and efficient solution for organising, managing and implementing modernisation and renovation projects via the Abilect platform.

    Partnership meets key need in construction
    This partnership brings two key requirements in the construction sector under one common denominator: financing options for property refurbishments and digital solutions that ensure the seamless awarding, management and execution of these works by suitable and vetted providers in the region. FinanceScout24 and Abilect jointly meet these needs for the benefit of customers. Thanks to the strategic partnership, clients can now not only create a project dossier, find qualified providers, manage and implement their projects, but also receive the best financing solution tailored to their needs.

    Great potential for all involved
    “The new offer means considerable added value for our customers. By partnering with FinanceScout24, we are expanding our ecosystem, which now includes financing solutions,” said Esha Indani, founder and CEO of Abilect. “It’s never been easier for our customers to get the work they want or need done on their home seamlessly and without any nasty cost surprises.”

    Jochen Pernegger, Managing Director at FinanceScout24, SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, also sees great potential in the new partnership for all parties involved: “Especially today, when energy efficiency and sustainability are increasingly in the foreground when renovating residential properties, the feasibility and not least the realisation of a project depend decisively on the financing.” He is convinced: “This partnership will further drive the growth of FinanceScout24 and offer an even wider range of customers the opportunity for simple, fast and independent comparisons for all their financing needs. This will make their lives even easier, in line with our vision – ‘as digital as possible, as personal as desired’.”

  • Swiss Marketplace Group combines platforms from TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar

    Swiss Marketplace Group combines platforms from TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar

    TX Group , Ringier and Mobiliar as well as the financial investor General Atlantic have founded a joint venture, inform the four partners in a joint announcement . The Swiss Marketplace Group, launched on November 11, is to manage the digital marketplaces of Ringier and Mobiliar as well as TX Group in an independent market presence . The joint venture will be managed by Martin Waeber, Pierre-Alain Regali, Francesco Vass and Boris Gussen under the leadership of Gilles Despas.

    The marketplaces acheter-louer.ch, anibis.ch, AutoScout24, Car For You, FinanceScout24, home.ch, Homegate, icasa.ch, ImmoScout24, ImmoStreet.ch, MotoScout24, Ricardo, tutti.ch and advertising marketing are combined in SMG . TX Group will hold 31 percent, Ringier and Mobiliar 29.5 percent each and General Atlantic 10 percent in the new joint venture, according to the announcement. However, the voting rights in SMG are divided between the partner companies at 25 percent each.

    “Today we are embarking on an exciting journey with a new, forward-thinking and future-oriented company,” Despas is quoted in the press release. According to the CEO of SMG, the new company should strive for sustainability, live “real diversity in an inspiring, multilingual and agile environment” and drive “the digitization of our industries”.

  • UBS real estate platform integrates FinanceScout24

    UBS real estate platform integrates FinanceScout24

    The key4 open real estate platform is intended to provide customers with all the services they need to purchase and manage their own home, explains UBS in a press release . Key4 offers, among other things, a management of the mortgages, where you can choose from the offers of different lenders for each tranche. This is "unique in Switzerland", writes UBS.

    The big bank wants to expand its platform through strategic partnerships. The digital one-stop shop for finance and insurance topics , FinanceScout24, was the first financing broker to be won, UBS informs in the press release. "The partnership with FinanceScout24 is the next logical step in expanding our ecosystem and part of our long-term strategy to become the market leader in the platform business", Martha Böckenfeld, Head of Digital Platforms & Marketplaces, is quoted there.

    In return, FinanceScout24 customers can use the full range of key4 products. "Through the cooperation with key4, we are expanding our portfolio with a strong partner and are now offering our users an even larger range of suitable financing solutions for their personal dream home", Jan Hinrichs, Managing Director of FinanceScout24, is quoted in the press release. The company is part of Scout24 Schweiz AG . Ringier AG and Mobiliar each hold half of the network of online marketplaces.