# Alternative Bank Schweiz

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/alternative-bank-schweiz
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/alternative-bank-schweiz.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/alternative-bank-schweiz/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://abs.ch
- **Slug:** alternative-bank-schweiz
- **Categories:** fintech-financial-services

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Alternative Bank Schweiz (ABS) is a values-oriented bank offering banking, payment, investment and financing services with ecological and social objectives.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Description:** Alternative Bank Schweiz provides banking and financial products including digital banking, debit cards, investments and mortgages. Customer funds can support financing for social and ecological projects in the real economy.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

## Identity

- **Mission:** To use customer money in line with ecological and social objectives and enable financing in ABS support areas.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Founders & leadership:** Marion Pester is President of the ABS Board of Directors as of 3 November 2026. Christoph Birkholz remains Vice President.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Website:** https://abs.ch
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Voice & tone:** Informative, values-oriented, sustainability-focused, security-conscious and customer-supportive.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides secure, values-oriented banking and investment options while directing funds toward ecological and social projects; also helps customers manage digital payments safely.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Banking and account services
  - Digital banking and e-banking
  - Multibanking for managing accounts at other Swiss banks
  - Debit card payments, cash withdrawals and online purchases
  - Investment products with fixed terms and interest rates
  - Financing for ecological and social projects
  - Cybersecurity education for digital payments
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - ABS-Kassenobligation
  - ABS-Kassenobligation Neugeld
  - Debit Mastercard
  - E-Banking and Digital Banking
  - Multibanking
  - ABS Klima-Hypothek
  - ABS shares
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Banking and financial services
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer base:** Private customers, savers and investors seeking secure, values-oriented financial products.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Ideal customer profile:** Individuals and private customers who value secure banking and investments that support ecological and social projects.
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Use cases:**
  - Making cashless and online payments
  - Withdrawing cash in Switzerland and abroad
  - Managing banking digitally through e-banking
  - Managing accounts held at other Swiss banks through multibanking
  - Investing money for a fixed term with a fixed interest rate
  - Supporting the financing of ecological and social projects
  - Financing ecological renovation through a climate mortgage
  - Buying ABS shares
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Secure and convenient digital payment management
  - Greater visibility and control over account balances and transactions
  - Predictable returns from fixed-term, fixed-interest investments
  - Support for ecological and social projects through deposited or invested funds
  - Access to banking products aligned with ecological and social objectives
  - Improved awareness of digital payment fraud and security risks
Source: Brand's website (https://abs.ch) · 2026-11-07

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