Tag: credit protection
Schufa tenant information available under a different name
The Bonify app On Monday afternoon, the Schufa service could not be reached via the app. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germany’s largest credit agency, Schufa, presented a new service last week…
Consumers now have free access to their “Score”
Wiesbaden Consumers can now check their creditworthiness at any time. Because the data on creditworthiness stored by the Schufa can now be viewed online free of charge. A new Schufa…
Esma considers credit default insurance reform
Deutsche Bank shares Investors parted on Friday in droves of shares in the largest German bank. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The sharp swings in so-called credit default swaps (CDS) by financial…
Esma considers credit default insurance reform
Deutsche Bank shares Investors parted on Friday in droves of shares in the largest German bank. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The sharp swings in so-called credit default swaps (CDS) by financial…
Credit insurer expects greater rise in corporate bankruptcies
Business closure in Cologne Hamburg, Frankfort The credit insurer Allianz Trade expects more bankruptcies in the current year as a result of the recent bank turbulence. For Germany, Allianz Trade…
The five-million-euro deal could have triggered a Deutsche Bank price drop
Deutsche Bank AG The stock of the money house fell significantly on Friday. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt Financial regulators are investigating a trade in Deutsche Bank’s credit default swaps (CDS) that…
The ECB supervisors are worried about the nervousness in the markets
Andrea Enria at the Handelsblatt conference “Banking Supervision 2023” The ECB’s chief banking supervisor is keeping a close eye on the current situation. Frankfurt The euro zone’s chief banking supervisor,…
The ECB bank supervisors are worried about nervousness on the markets
Andrea Enria at the Handelsblatt conference “Banking Supervision 2023” The ECB’s chief banking supervisor is keeping a close eye on the current situation. Frankfurt The euro zone’s chief banking supervisor,…
Bank quake shows need for strong supervision
Andrea Enria at the Handelsblatt conference “Banking Supervision 2023” The ECB’s chief banking supervisor is keeping a close eye on the current situation. Frankfurt ECB Chief Banking Supervisor Andrea Enria…
Financial investor EQT gives up plans to join Schufa
Schufa headquarters in Wiesbaden EQT has tried so far to build a minority stake of 20 to 25 percent. The Swedes are now abandoning these plans. (Photo: picture alliance /…
Guarantees and participation: Federal government expands support for SMEs
metal processing Almost 5000 companies in Germany received a guarantee in 2021. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal and state governments have agreed to expand economic development through guarantee banks and…
Cooperative banks are considering increasing their stake in Schufa
Schufa Schufa was founded in 1927 as a “protection group for general loan security”. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The German cooperative banks are considering taking over further shares in the credit…
Cooperative banks are considering increasing their stake in Schufa
Schufa Schufa was founded in 1927 as a “protection group for general loan security”. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The German cooperative banks are considering taking over further shares in the credit…
Credit agency wants to collect sustainability data in the future
Frankfurt The Schufa, best known for credit assessments of consumers, wants to set up a database for environmental risks of companies. Specifically, it is about a platform for EU taxonomy…
Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank want to sell shares.
Schufa Schufa was founded in 1927 as a “protection group for general loan security”. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Next chapter in the struggle for the credit agency Schufa: Deutsche Bank and…
This is how you can improve your Schufa score
Berlin It is a step that is overdue: after a long period of pressure, Schufa wants to become more transparent and presented its score simulator on Thursday. With the help…
This is how you can improve your Schufa score
Berlin It is a step that is overdue: after a long period of pressure, Schufa wants to become more transparent and presented its score simulator on Thursday. With the help…
Schufa registers an increase in negative reports
Frankfurt After a number of warnings from politics and the financial sector, there is now initial data that consumers are increasingly having payment difficulties. At the credit agency Schufa, the…
This is how your behavior affects your Schufa score
Dusseldorf If you want to take out a loan or rent an apartment, you can’t get past it: the Schufa. The protection association for general loan security provides its contractual…
CEO Tanja Birkholz warns of increasing over-indebtedness
Frankfurt In view of rising energy prices and high inflation, there are growing concerns about over-indebtedness among Germans – also on the part of the financial sector. “What we are…