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  • PostFinance expands mortgage business

    PostFinance expands mortgage business

    PostFinance is expanding the mortgage business. So far, the company has only offered so-called yellow mortgages in cooperation with partner banks. As of September 1, PostFinance will also broker mortgages via the company ‘s own Valuu platform if desired, PostFinance announced in a statement . The company’s own customers should be given comprehensive advice. The comparison platform Valuu is also available for the independent comparison of mortgages from different providers.

    With the new offer, PostFinance is reacting to the reduced chances of being able to offer loans itself in the near future. The company does not expect that the necessary partial revision of the Postal Organization Act will be carried out, the company writes.

    “Our strategy for 2021 to 2024 already assumes that the credit ban will remain in place,” Hansruedi Köng is quoted as saying in the statement. However, the PostFinance CEO does not want to pass on this disadvantage for his own company to his customers: “By realigning the mortgage business, we are optimizing the service for our customers on the one hand,” says Köng. “On the other hand, we adapt to the general conditions and make a virtue out of necessity.”

  • Valuu extends to personal loans

    Valuu extends to personal loans

    Valuu is now also offering digital comparison options for personal loans, informs the owner of the comparison platform, PostFinance , in a message . The corresponding process was developed together with customers and lenders, it says there. Testing and lending are initially the responsibility of Migros Bank, BANK-now, Cembra Money Bank, eny Finance and good finance.

    "As a pioneer in the Swiss market, Valuu offers its customers an independent direct comparison for personal loans", Thomas Jakob, Chief Business Unit Officer Platform Business at PostFinance, is quoted in the press release. "As is already known from the mortgage business, customers can transparently compare individual offers and then apply for them directly online – thus saving time and money."

    PostFinance will continue to optimize Valuu in the future and incorporate new lenders for mortgages and personal loans, according to the announcement. In the long term, the company is pursuing the goal of developing Valuu "into the leading Swiss comparison and conclusion platform in the areas of finance, insurance and provision".

  • Valuu triples the volume of brokered mortgages

    Valuu triples the volume of brokered mortgages

    Valuu was able to grow disproportionately in the second year of its existence. According to its own information, the Swiss comparison and conclusion platform for mortgages tripled the brokered mortgage volume in 2020 compared to the year it was founded. As stated in a press release , it currently has 12,000 users. That is twice as many as last year. Valuu puts the number of represented lenders at 29. They represent over 100 well-known Swiss banks, insurance companies and pension funds.

    “And that's just the beginning,” the press release continues: Valuu, a business unit of PostFinance , wants to become “the leading Swiss comparison and transaction platform” in the medium term. In the current year it is expanding its range to include additional services. "More and more people understand the opportunities a transparent comparison and digital mortgage conclusion offer – and how much money they can save with it," Valuu manager Thomas Jakob is quoted in the press release.