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The BIS promptly opened its doors in Basel on 17 May 1930, [14] ahead of the first German annuities under the Young Plan due in June. [9]: 61 The legal status of the bank combined features of a private-sector company and of a public international organization.
The BIS-Tower, more commonly known as the BIS-high rise, is a 69.5-meter-high administrative tower and headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Designed by architect Martin Burckhardt and built between 1972 and 1977, the tower is a landmark of the Central Railway Station and the city of Basel. From the ...
McKittrick denied allegations that the bank was being used to escape the foreign funds controls put in place by the US Government against the Axis powers. [6] During World War II BIS received gold as interest payments from the German Reichstag which later investigations showed had been looted from the central banks of Belgium and the ...
The BIS hosts and supports a number of international institutions engaged in standard setting and financial stability, one of which is BCBS. Yet like the other committees, BCBS has its own governance arrangements, reporting lines and agendas, guided by the central bank governors of the G10 countries.
Bank of Communications, Frankfurt; Bank Sepah, Frankfurt; Citibank Privatkunden, Düsseldorf (since December 2008 part of French Crédit Mutuel bank) Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland (Corporate Bank), Frankfurt; Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs, Frankfurt; ICICI Bank, Eschborn; İşbank AG, Frankfurt [2] JP Morgan, Frankfurt; Julius Baer, Frankfurt
The President of the Management Board, Peter Güllmann, stated that Bank im Bistum Essen is a church bank that, with 4.5 billion euros, has one of the largest loan portfolios. He stated that the bank with the microcredit fund finances a total of more than 750,000 people worldwide.
Schengen visa issued by Germany. Schengen visas can be issued by any member state of the Schengen Area. Travellers must apply to the embassy or consulate of the country which they intend to visit. In cases of travellers visiting multiple countries in the Schengen Area, travellers must apply to their main destination's embassy or consulate. [83]
Westdeutsche Landesbank was a prominent exemplar of the German Landesbanken before collapsing in 2007-2012. In German-speaking jurisdictions, Landesbank (plural Landesbanken), lit. ' bank of the Land ', refers to a category of public sector banks that are owned by one or more of the Länder (federated internally self-governing states).