Tag: GDPR
“Housing is the social question of the next decade”
Helmut Schleweis The President of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association is calling for a drastic reduction in property transfer tax for owner-occupied residential property. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for…
ECB increases interest rates by a further 0.25 percentage points
ECB in Frankfurt am Main The full impact of the many interest rate steps is still unclear. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The European Central Bank (ECB) continues to raise interest rates…
Sparkasse president warns against migration of medium-sized companies
Helmut Schleweis The savings bank president warns of the consequences of high energy prices: Profits are likely to decline for many companies and some of the companies could relocate from…
Sparkasse president warns against migration of medium-sized companies
Helmut Schleweis The savings bank president warns of the consequences of high energy prices: Profits are likely to decline for many companies and some of the companies could relocate from…
Legal hurdles for deals are increasing
Container ships in the port of Hamburg The entry of the Chinese freight service provider Cosco at a Hamburg port terminal was controversial – and would probably also have been…
Data leak also affects customers of the direct banks ING and Comdirect
ING Bank logo According to the Dutch bank, a low four-digit number of customers who used the statutory account switch were affected by a hacker attack at a service provider.…
What will change for bank customers?
card payment Newly issued giro cards will soon no longer have a Maestro function. (Photo: IMAGO/Shotshop) Frankfurt Consumers in Germany are increasingly paying with the Girocard, better known by its…
What will change for bank customers?
card payment Newly issued giro cards will soon no longer have a Maestro function. (Photo: IMAGO/Shotshop) Frankfurt Consumers in Germany are increasingly paying with the Girocard, better known by its…
The digital euro is to become legal tender
Digital Euro According to the ideas of the EU Commission, the digital euro should become legal tender – just like cash. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Frankfurt, Brussels The digital euro…
Economy complains about expensive proliferation of data protection regulations
Berlin After five years of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU set of standards with its 99 articles and 173 recitals is still giving the economy a hard…
Around 15 million Girocards will be able to go online
savings bank Six savings banks have already started or completed the conversion to Girocards with an additional Mastercard function. (Photo: SZ Photo) Frankfurt In the next six months, many Sparkasse…
Savings Bank President Schleweis emphasizes the proximity of Savings Banks and Landesbanken
Helmut Schleweis The head of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association emphasizes that close cooperation with savings banks is crucial for state banks. (Photo: dpa) Hanover Against the background…
Ex-employee claims Tesla warned early on about data leaks
Dusseldorf US electric car maker Tesla may have known for months that confidential information was leaking from the company. The Handelsblatt reported last Thursday about the Tesla files – 100…
Lower Saxony escalates dispute with savings banks about NordLB’s future
NordLB in Hanover The Landesbank’s commission income increased by 28 percent to EUR 46 million. (Photo: dpa) Hanover In the dispute over the future direction of NordLB, which has been…
Savings banks and Lower Saxony are getting closer in the dispute over the future of NordLB
NorthLB Many savings banks are critical of the Landesbank’s growth course. (Photo: dpa) Hanover, Frankfurt The owners of NordLB want to settle their dispute about the future orientation of the…
Savings banks and Lower Saxony are getting closer in the dispute over the future of NordLB
NorthLB Many savings banks are critical of the Landesbank’s growth course. (Photo: dpa) Hanover, Frankfurt The owners of NordLB want to settle their dispute about the future orientation of the…
Savings banks warn of excessive demands from the heating law
Expensive home Because of increased interest rates on loans and expensive materials, many can no longer afford their own property. (Photo: IMAGO/teamwork) Hanover The savings banks have criticized the federal…
Deposits rise to 535 billion euros
The Frankfurt banking skyline For a long time, time deposits were not attractive for either savers or banks. That changed radically after the turnaround in interest rates. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt…
Why banks and customers are staying longer again
The Frankfurt banking skyline For a long time, time deposits were not attractive for either savers or banks. That changed radically after the turnaround in interest rates. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt…
Why banks and customers are staying longer again
The Frankfurt banking skyline For a long time, time deposits were not attractive for either savers or banks. That changed radically after the turnaround in interest rates. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt…