Tag: Schufa
Creditreform expects more defaults in private households in 2023
Empty piggy banks Unprecedentedly high energy costs are a burden for private households, some of which have to resort to savings. (Photo: IMAGO/IlluPics) Berlin The number of consumer bankruptcies in…
Real estate: home savings – the volume of new contracts will skyrocket in 2022
New housing estate on the outskirts of Frankfurt In view of the high interest rates, many prospective real estate buyers are switching to a home savings contract. The volume of…
EU agrees on stronger consumer protection
online loans “What looks like a loan should be treated like a loan.” (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Brussels In the future, consumers in the EU will be better protected when taking…
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…
Germany should build a statue of Christian Sewing
David Serra The boss and founder of the asset manager Algebris likes to speak plain language – and has no problem if he offends with it. Frankfurt Davide Serra is…
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…
How the crisis hits the middle class
The crisis hits everyone Inflation is eating away at the savings of the middle class. Crisis, what crisis? On Germany’s most popular holiday island, Sylt, there is not much to…
How the crisis hits the middle class
The crisis hits everyone Inflation is eating away at the savings of the middle class. Crisis, what crisis? On Germany’s most popular holiday island, Sylt, there is not much to…
The proportion of women on executive boards remains low
savings bank The proportion of women on savings bank boards is increasing only minimally. (Photo: imago/Winfried Rothermel) Frankfurt The proportion of women on savings bank boards remains at a low…
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…
EU plans stricter rules for online shopping on credit
Frankfurt, Brussels The EU is striving for stricter rules for mini-loans and buying in installments when shopping online, in technical jargon “buy now, pay later” (BNPL). The consumer credit directive,…
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…
The crisis hits the state, banks and savers
Frankfurt banking skyline Energy crisis, inflation, rapidly rising key interest rates – turbulent months are ahead for German banks. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Europe’s bankers are preparing for an economic crisis.…
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…
How investors with small savings should invest their money now
Dusseldorf Energy and food costs continue to rise in Germany, and the inflation rate in Germany was 7.9 percent in August. This worries many investors and makes them less willing…
This is how consumers can find cheap online installment loans
Euro notes savings book Euro notes savings book *** Euro notes passbook euro notes savings FMH-Finanzberatung has compiled a ranking of the best online installment loans. Especially the German Skatbank…