Tag: savings
Savings program causes unrest among employees and customers
SAP office in Berlin The austerity program has met with massive criticism internally – employee representatives criticize the lack of communication. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf At the end of January, SAP…
Why many banks and savings banks have not yet paid any interest
Dialogue at the bank counter Financial institutions are currently benefiting from lazy customers. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Frankfurt The majority of Germans have not yet benefited from the change in monetary…
Ford Europe before a new round of savings: Good vans, bad cars
Dusseldorf In the crisis, Ford Europe can rely on its profit maker: light commercial vehicles. Last year, Ford Europe achieved a market share of 15 percent with its commercial vehicle…
Volksbanks and Raiffeisenbanks want to reform the security system
Volks- und Raiffeisenbank (VR) The German cooperative banks are considering adjusting their security scheme again. It should take the risks of individual financial institutions even more into account. (Photo: imago…
Matthias Neth will soon lead the Savings Banks Association of Baden-Württemberg
Matthias Neth and Peter Schneider Matthias Neth (left) will be President of the Savings Banks in Baden-Württemberg from May 2024. The CDU politician is currently district administrator of the Hohelohe…
Savings banks hope to win the TransnetBW deal
power pole The savings banks in Baden-Württemberg reckon they have a chance of getting involved with the power grid operator TransnetBW. (Photo: imago images/Jan Eifert) Stuttgart, Frankfort The savings banks…
Savings banks in Baden-Württemberg have to write off almost one billion euros on securities
Savings banks in Baden-Württemberg In 2022, interest income at institutions rose again for the first time in years. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The savings banks were hit hard by the price…
Savings banks are in favor of merging the Riester and Rürup pensions
Savings banks advocate merging Riester and Rürup pensions Politicians are discussing new concepts for private old-age provision. Insurers and savings banks are trying to position themselves early. (Photo: ullstein bild…
Now the children are also making savings
Nuremberg The children are saved last. The toy industry has been encouraging itself with this saying for decades. But by 2022, parents and grandparents had apparently exhausted all other savings…
Interest on overnight money? None at most savings banks
Frankfurt Although the prime and deposit rates in the euro zone have risen significantly, almost two-thirds of German credit institutions have so far not paid any interest on call money.…
Municipalities criticize the advance of the savings bank associations
Ulrich Reuter The lawyer follows Helmut Schleweis at the head of the DSGV. (Photo: IMAGO/Stephan Görlich) Frankfurt After the regional savings bank associations agreed on the appointment of the future…
Savings are melting away in Italy – is the country slipping into recession?
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Rome All of Italy is currently discussing petrol prices. There is talk of usury, of motorway gas stations where a liter of diesel costs 2.50…
Ulrich Reuter is to become the new savings bank president
Ulrich Reuter The President of the Bavarian Savings Banks Association is to become the new DSGV boss. (Photo: IMAGO/Stephan Görlich) Frankfurt The long-standing CSU politician Ulrich Reuter is to become…
Savings are melting away in Italy – is the country slipping into recession?
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Rome All of Italy is currently discussing petrol prices. There is talk of usury, of motorway gas stations where a liter of diesel costs 2.50…
Private retirement provision with shares, ETF savings plan and fund savings
Private pension plan If you want to make private provisions for old age, you have a number of options. This also includes shares, funds or ETF savings plans. Munich More…
Banks and savings banks terminate current accounts
Frankfurt If banks and savings banks want to raise the fees for current accounts, they need the explicit consent of their customers. Many credit institutions write to those who have…
Some savings banks already exchange Girocards
This does not turn the Girocard into a credit card, it remains a debit card, so payments are debited directly from the account. But online shopping still works. The same…
Some savings banks already exchange Girocards
This does not turn the Girocard into a credit card, it remains a debit card, so payments are debited directly from the account. But online shopping still works. The same…
Savings Frenzy: Whales Are Aggressively Collecting These Altcoins!
A leading crypto analytics firm said that deep-pocketed whales are rapidly accumulating Cardano (ADA) and Litecoin (LTC). Santiment says the popular altcoin Cardano is undervalued considering the whales’ accumulation movement.…
Mortgage financing: Savings banks expect continued weakness
Frankfurt The German savings banks are concerned that the important real estate financing business will run significantly worse in the long run. Due to the sharp rise in interest rates,…