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Swiss Post’s SuisseID as new client login of Swissquote

Swiss Post’s official digital identity SuisseID is now used by the Swiss provider of online financial services Swissquote Bank SA for secure customer login and for confirming transactions. Swiss Post’s solution meets all security requirements to authenticate users who have registered for online services and is now being used for the first time in e-trading. Introduced in 2010, SuisseID is already being used in around 240 applications in companies’ business processes, in electronic legal transactions and in e-government for secure login procedures and legally valid digital signatures. Providers can smoothly integrate the solution into their IT infrastructure and users benefit because they only have to remember one password for all services used with a SuisseID login.

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SuisseID, created by Swiss Post’s group unit Swiss Post Solutions, is the official Swiss standard solution for secure identification and digital signatures, and now enables secure login for Swissquote’s online services. As Switzerland’s largest provider of online trading services, Swissquote Bank Ltd provides its more than 200,000 customers with access to trading on all the world's leading stock exchanges. Swissquote customers can register for trading services with SuisseID and use it to confirm transactions.

Thanks to the partnership between Swiss Post Solutions and Swissquote, Swiss Post’s SuisseID is being used in e-trading for the first time ever. The innovative access key meets the security requirements in this area of application, which is underpinned by high levels of trust. To date SuisseID, which was introduced in 2010, is being used by individuals and companies in around 240 online applications. For instance, it is used by lawyers and courts in electronic legal transactions, for public administration, for business processes in companies and by customers using the Ticketcorner or Swisslos platforms.

SuisseID offers security and is beneficial to e-trading

E-trading requires a high level of security. Users should also be able to have easy access to the applications, and the security ¬solution must be able to be quickly and smoothly integrated into existing IT architecture. Swissquote, the online trading provider, placed such requirements on the product intended to complement the current login procedure.

Swiss Post’s SuisseID best meets these demands. Thanks to the advanced electronic security certificates issued by Swiss Post’s subsidiary SwissSign AG, SuisseID performs all checks required during registration: users are identified using an authentication procedure and recognized as approved to use the services. The solution is standardized, does not need its own server and was integrated seamlessly into Swissquote’s IT infrastructure. Swissquote’s current processes regarding customer identification are also simplified. One advantage for users is that only one password needs to be memorized when registering for all services that use a login via SuisseID. This is linked to the user’s SuisseID.

SuisseID service package and its additional functions

The signature and mobile service are part of Swiss Post’s SuisseID service package. SwissSigner, the free signature software, can be used to easily and legally sign electronic documents. These documents can also be signed by several people. The SuisseID Mobile Service enables users to securely log in to online applications on mobile end devices, even without a data carrier. SuisseID is available as a card (with card reader) or as a USB stick on data carriers.

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