Success Story CreditGate24
“Online identification of borrowers helps us minimise our risk of loss.”
Patrick Winterhoff
Chief of Staff & Projects
The story in brief:
CreditGate24 is Switzerland’s leading crowdlending platform, matching private and institutional investors with individuals and SMEs in need of finance. Its USP is its fast, customer-friendly processes, in which Swisscom’s Online Identification solution plays an important role.
Time-consuming and not always fully transparent: over-the-counter identification
Many CreditGate24 customers carry out their financial transactions in the evenings or at weekends. They expect to be able to access credit quickly. Previously they had to identify themselves at a post office or SBB counter and send in a certified copy of their identity document in order to obtain credit.
“It was time-consuming and inconvenient,” says Patrick Winterhoff, Chief of Staff & Projects at CreditGate24. “The counter staff only verify the person’s identity with a stamp and a signature. They do not provide important information about which and how security elements have been checked, or whether any possible uncertainties cropped up. This can only be done quickly with proper, secure online processes.”
CreditGate24
- Sector: Banking
- Headquarters: Zurich
- Employees: > 30
- Customers: approx. 13,000 (as at 2021)
- Credit paid out: CHF 830 million (as at 2021)
Project with Swisscom
- Fast, customer-friendly online identification
- Secure processes
- FINMA- and GwG-compliant
Secure online process for fast credit agreements
Now customers can identify themselves from anywhere at any time of day, so they can obtain credit much faster and conveniently. The identification process, which complies with the requirements of the FINMA and the Swiss Money Laundering Act (GwG), is based on Swisscom’s Online Identification solution. Customers are guided through the secure process step by step. All aspects and inspection criteria are analysed by the application using sophisticated AI. If necessary, the system flags up whether the person needs further checks.
The final identification is always validated by an employee. “It enables us to minimise our risks and, as a new company, to benefit from Swisscom’s experience. And for our customers, it’s more convenient than before,” explains Patrick Winterhoff.
Benefits for CreditGate24
Customer-friendly
Online identification is possible anytime, anywhere
Secure
Guided process with AI analysis and employee validation
Compliant
FINMA- and GwG-compliant online identification