Swiss Post is becoming ever smarter

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Smartphone applications from Swiss Post and PostFinance have been downloaded more than 150,000 times altogether in the space of just a few weeks. These apps are an example of Swiss Post’s pioneering role in bringing together physical and electronic postal services.

Swiss Post’s knowledge in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) is internationally recognised. On Thursday, in Berlin, CEO Jürg Bucher presented Swiss Post’s skills in this area to political and economic decision makers.

For the past several weeks, two smartphone applications from Swiss Post have been available as a free download: the Swiss Post app and the PostFinance app. The Swiss Post app helps users search for the nearest post office or track their mail, and provides information about the most important prices for sending letters and parcels. It has already been downloaded more than 100,000 times.

The PostFinance app has been downloaded over 50,000 times. It is the only Swiss smartphone application so far which enables users to transfer amounts up to CHF 100 (US$101) from one postal account to another. It also provides a search function to find the nearest Postomats, PostFinance branches and post offices, and enables users to call up stock market information, account balances and account transactions, and to top up talk time credit for prepaid mobile phones.

PostFinance is also continuing to drive forward the development of innovative solutions in mobile payment transactions. The financial arm of Swiss Post has been a fully-fledged member of the Mobey Forum since June 2010, and intends to play an active part in shaping standards in the areas of mobile banking and mobile payment.