Do you run a student association or a Student Union? Give your international members the best currency exchange and earn CHF 25 for your association for every student you refer.
By recommending ibani, you help your international members protect their budget while raising real funds for your events — with nothing to pay upfront.
For every referred student who makes their first exchange, CHF 25 goes into your association's funds. With no cap.
The referred student receives a CHF 10 welcome bonus and enjoys exchange at the market rate, with a margin from 0.40%.
A personalised link and referral code, plus a ready-to-share communication kit: no technical integration required.
Founded in Geneva in 2018, ibani SA is a financial intermediary affiliated with SO-FIT, recognized by FINMA.
No budget to advance, no technical commitment. You share your code, your members save on their exchange, and your association earns on every validated referral.
Get in touch: we validate your organization and create your partner space. No fees, no minimum.
A personalised link and code, plus ready-to-use visuals for your networks, newsletters and welcome guides.
Every referred student earns your association CHF 25. Track your referrals and receive a payout every quarter.
Your international students get a nominative Swiss IBAN to receive scholarships, student-job salaries or family transfers, then automate their exchange to their account abroad.
It is a transit account dedicated to currency exchange, set up in 5 minutes from a phone — the perfect tool to recommend in your welcome guides.
Currency exchange is one of the biggest expenses for foreign students. With ibani, they pay their Swiss bills (tuition fees, rent, health insurance) at the best rate, straight from the app.
A concrete, useful solution to highlight to your new members from the very first week.
A tapering margin from 0.40% on the real interbank rate — up to 10× cheaper than a bank. No opening, maintenance or closing fees.
Your students stay in control: automatic exchange on every incoming transfer, or manual mode to wait for the best rate.
A partnership designed for campus life: useful for your members, profitable for your association, valuable for your image.
Currency exchange is the number-one expense for foreign students. You give them a concrete solution, not a gimmick.
A personalised link and code to share on your networks and welcome guides. No development, no logistics.
No limit on the number of referrals. The more your community adopts ibani, the more your funds grow, quarter after quarter.
Associate your organization with a recognized Swiss FinTech, affiliated with SO-FIT and audited for its activity.
A quarterly transfer to the association's account, with a clear summary of the validated referrals.
An ibani contact follows you, provides the communication materials and answers your questions throughout the year.
The essential answers to launch your partnership with confidence.
Your association receives CHF 25 for every referred student who opens an account and makes their first exchange of over CHF 1,000. There is no cap: the more your members adopt ibani, the more your funds grow.
The student receives a CHF 10 welcome bonus, credited to their ibani account on their first exchange of over CHF 1,000. They then enjoy CHF-EUR exchange at the market rate with a margin from 0.40%, with no account maintenance fees.
We make a quarterly transfer to your association's bank account, accompanied by a summary of the referrals validated during the period.
Yes. We give you a complete kit: logos, social media visuals, template texts for your newsletters, flyers and welcome guides, plus a personalised link and referral code for your association.
Any student association, student union, umbrella body or international office attached to a school or university in Switzerland can register for free. The program is especially suited to organizations with international students.
✓ Free registration · ✓ Affiliated with SO-FIT (SRO) · ✓ Quarterly payout
Your money is handled with the utmost regulatory rigour.
ibani SA is a FinTech company established since 2018 in the heart of Geneva, Switzerland. We are a financial intermediary audited for our activity.
ibani SA is affiliated with SO-FIT as a financial intermediary within the meaning of Article 2 para. 3 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA). SO-FIT is a self-regulatory organization recognized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
