Tag: BVR
Germans are running out of money to save
Helmut Schleweis The President of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association expects that high inflation will soon weigh even more heavily on consumers. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The majority of…
Banks are desperate for staff
Frankfurt financial district The biggest bottlenecks are in finance and accounting. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt German banks are facing enormous challenges. The most pressing problem for many financial…
Smallest Raiffeisen bank in Struvenhütten: The mini bank disappears
Raiffeisen Bank Struvenhuetten The smallest cooperative bank merges with a larger neighboring institute. One member of the board is retiring, the position remained vacant. (Photo: Raiffeisenbank) Frankfurt For a long…
Smallest Raiffeisen bank in Struvenhütten: The mini bank disappears
Raiffeisen Bank Struvenhuetten The smallest cooperative bank merges with a larger neighboring institute. One member of the board is retiring, the position remained vacant. (Photo: Raiffeisenbank) Frankfurt For a long…
Many bank accounts for refugees from Ukraine
Hamburger Sparkasse ATMs Refugees from the Ukraine have by far the most current accounts with the savings banks – now almost 300,000. (Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa) Frankfurt The majority of account…
BVR expects profits to fall for cooperative banks
Logo of the Volksbank Cologne Bonn The Federal Association of German Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken (BVR) commented on the annual financial statements on Tuesday. (Photo: imago images/Manngold) Frankfurt Germany’s cooperative banks…
The project should be ended
Flags in front of the EU Commission in Brussels Germany rejects joint liability for savings deposits. (Photo: dpa) The dispute over the introduction of a European deposit insurance (Edis) has…
European deposit insurance fails because of German resistance.
Berlin, Frankfurt, Brussels Eurogroup boss Paschal Donohoe has failed in his attempt to complete the European banking union. The main reason for this was the strong resistance from Germany against…
Private financial assets will increase less quickly in 2022
Euro bills According to DZ Bank, the financial assets of private households in Germany should exceed the eight trillion euro mark in 2022. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner Media) Frankfurt According to…
Savings banks and Volksbanks warn of Germany collapsing in deposit insurance
Helmut Schleweis and Marija Kolak The Savings Bank President and the BVR President fear that the EU deposit insurance could unsettle customers. (Photo: Uta Wagner (2)) Frankfurt Helmut Schleweis, President…
Commerzbank: Chairman of the Supervisory Board Helmut Gottschalk polarized
Helmut Gottschalk The new chairman of the supervisory board of Commerzbank was initially underestimated by many. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Suit, tie, pocket handkerchief, plus a thin, but thoroughly obliging smile…
Germany is up in arms against deposit insurance
Berlin, Frankfurt, Brussels Eurogroup boss Pascal Donohoe wants to tackle one of the most contentious issues in Europe’s financial architecture. According to EU circles, he will present a two-phase model…
Karl-Georg Pochhammer is the new chief inspector
apobank The Apotheker- und Ärztebank has reorganized parts of its supervisory board. Two banking experts move into the control committee. (Photo: picture alliance / picture agency-o) Frankfurt Dentist official Karl-Georg…
30 percent quota of women on the supervisory board required
Anke Lesinski-Schiedat (l.), Susanne Johna (middle), Christiane Groß With an application, the doctors want to set a quota for women on the Apobank supervisory board. Frankfurt Several prominent medical professionals…
ECB calls for more banking experts in the control committee
apobank The Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank should professionalize its supervisory board, demands the banking supervisory authority. So far, the body has included a number of doctors and pharmacists’ lobbyists. (Photo:…
Savings banks are examining bad banks for troubled state banks
Liana Buchholz The 57-year-old is traded within the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe as a possible successor to DSGV boss Helmut Schleweis. Muenster The savings banks want to avoid having to save troubled state…
Savings banks are examining bad banks for troubled state banks
Liana Buchholz The 57-year-old is traded within the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe as a possible successor to DSGV boss Helmut Schleweis. Muenster Even 15 years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis,…
Banks expect influx of Ukrainian refugees
Sparkasse logo on the roof of the Alexanderhaus The Berliner Sparkasse expects numerous bank accounts to be opened for Ukrainian refugees. “We are preparing for a larger rush and are…
How savings banks and Volksbanks ensure foreign payments
Frankfurt Savings banks and cooperative banks want to equip the popular Girocard, formerly known as the “EC card”, with a new function on a large scale. This is how you…
EPI payment project on the verge of collapse: even savings banks have doubts
People’s Bank and Savings Bank There is contention in the struggle to set up a European payment system, EPI. Savings banks go to the cooperative banks. (Photo: picture-alliance / ZB)…