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From the 15th century, banking families such as Fugger, Welser and Hochstetter were international mercantile bankers and venture capitalists. The oldest bank still in existence in Germany, Berenberg Bank, was founded by Dutch brothers Hans and Paul Berenberg in 1590, is still owned by the Berenberg family, and is the world's oldest or second oldest bank, depending on the exact definition.
The bank was managed by five general partners under an unusual German partnership arrangement. On November 29, 2005 the partners voted to convert the bank to AG or limited company status, and in August 2006, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt completed its transition from a German limited partnership (KGaA) to a corporation limited by shares (AG) .
The Ersparungsclasse der Allgemeinen Versorgungsanstalt, established in Hamburg in 1778, is widely viewed as the first modern savings bank.Other accounts emphasize the significance of the savings bank of Göttingen, founded in 1801, [3]: 78 which was the first established with a municipal guarantor whereas earlier foundations had been initiated by merchants, clerics or academics (Hamburg later ...
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IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG (FWB: IKBG) is a bank headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was established in 1924 under the name Bank für Industrie-Obligationen (lit. ' Bank for Industrial Bonds '). IKB supports medium-sized enterprises in Germany and Europe with loans, risk management, capital market services and advisory services. The ...
The ProCredit Bank Deutschland is a bank based in Frankfurt am Main. It is the youngest bank of the ProCredit Holding , which operates primarily in Southeastern and Eastern Europe as well as in South America [ 1 ] and wants to make a contribution to sustainable economic development through responsible banking business.
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DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale is the central provider of asset management and capital market solutions [clarification needed] of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, a network of public banks that together form the largest financial services group in Germany and in all of Europe [citation needed].