Intermediation of credit, factoring, leasing and instalment transactions of all kinds for private and commercial clients, as well as the acquisition, holding, management and disposal of assets, and the financing of companies of all kinds for its own account and for the account of third parties. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.