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  • UBS and Baloise create an ecosystem for real estate

    UBS and Baloise create an ecosystem for real estate

    The major bank UBS and the Baloise insurer from Basel are entering into a strategic partnership. According to almost identical media releases, both are planning to merge their respective solutions and services for property owners.

    The joint ecosystem Home & Living is to emerge from the Atrium and key4 mortgage platforms from UBS and Home from Baloise, which broadly covers the living and everyday needs of its customers. In addition, the partners intend to include existing and possible company holdings of both companies. In addition, they also express their intention to integrate the offers of various start-up companies.

    "Baloise has in recent years greatly in expanding its ecosystem Home invested", is Yannick Hasler, Head of Retail Banking Baloise Switzerland, cited . "With the cooperation and investments in innovative Swiss start-ups such as Houzy , Devis , MOVU , Bubble Box or Batmaid , the foundation stone was laid for a service network that makes our customers' everyday lives easier."

    With Atrium and key4, UBS laid the foundation for its platform business in Switzerland, says Sabine Magri, COO of UBS Switzerland AG. “The continuous expansion through partnerships with and investments in innovative start-ups and intermediaries is central to the further development of our ecosystem. The planned strategic partnership with Baloise is complementary, we can complement each other perfectly. "

  • 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.

  • Houzy expands into western Switzerland

    Houzy expands into western Switzerland

    The Zurich-based start-up company Houzy operates a platform that intelligently links data and uses it to derive recommendations for homeowners. For example, it can be calculated there when the heating is to be renovated and how much money should be put aside for it. A property valuation is also part of the Houzy offer.

    In the first two years since it was founded, the company focused primarily on product development, Houzy said in a press release. The company has already successfully established itself in German-speaking Switzerland and has increased the number of its users to more than 18,000. In addition, UBS only joined Houzy in July. The Zurich big bank operates its own digital real estate platform with key4 , on which mortgages for real estate buyers are brokered.

    The next step for Houzy was the expansion into French-speaking Switzerland, the message continues. To this end, the company is now making all the services and functions of the platform available in French. The integration of Italian-speaking Switzerland is planned for the first quarter of next year.