14,000 private clients affected – Postfinance introduces negative interest for assets over 100,000 francs



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Anyone who only uses savings and payment accounts with the service provider should expect negative interest rates from February 2021. Clients will be informed of this by letter.

A customer withdraws cash at a Postfinance Postomat: Anyone with only savings and payment accounts and assets of more than 100,000 francs can expect negative interest rates in 2021.

A customer withdraws cash at a Postfinance Postomat: Anyone with only savings and payment accounts and assets of more than 100,000 francs can expect negative interest rates in 2021.

Photo: Christian Beutler (Keystone)

Postfinance wants to charge other private clients negative interest rates starting in February 2021. A total of around 14,000 people received a letter on Thursday (today) with information about the corresponding rate adjustment, an agency spokesman said Thursday. news AWP.

He would have assets of more than 100,000 francs in Postfinance, but he would not use any other services at the institute other than savings and payment accounts, he explained. For the rest of Postfinance’s approximately 2.5 million private clients, the previous limit of CHF 250,000 still applies.

If you haven’t received a letter, you can also be sure that it won’t be affected by the credit charge adjustment, the spokesperson said.

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