Banks in Bavaria

A German Landesbank headquartered in Munich, owned by the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian savings banks association. It is supervised by BaFin and the Bundesbank and does not run a retail branch network. It acts as a central institution for the Bavarian Sparkassen and operates as a wholesale bank serving mid-sized corporates, real estate and public-sector clients.

Stadtsparkasse München is a public savings bank (Sparkasse) in Germany. Our directory records its head office in Bavaria. Opening an account normally requires proof of local residency and a domestic tax identification number. It is a public-law savings bank within the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, operating inside a defined local territory rather than nationally. It is supervised by BaFin / Deutsche Bundesbank. Deposits are protected up to 100,000 EUR per depositor, per bank through the German statutory deposit guarantee (Einlagensicherung).

Sparkasse Nürnberg is a public savings bank (Sparkasse) in Germany. Our directory records its head office in Bavaria. Deposits are protected up to 100,000 EUR per depositor, per bank through the German statutory deposit guarantee (Einlagensicherung). Opening an account normally requires proof of local residency and a domestic tax identification number. It is a public-law savings bank within the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, operating inside a defined local territory rather than nationally. It is supervised by BaFin / Deutsche Bundesbank.

A German bank headquartered in Munich and part of the Italian UniCredit group. It is supervised by BaFin, the Bundesbank and the ECB, and its deposits fall under German deposit protection. It operates as UniCredit's German arm, serving private customers, wealthy clients and corporations, and includes the Wealth Management and Corporate & Investment Banking divisions.

VR Bank is a commercial bank in Germany. Our directory records its head office in Bavaria. Opening an account normally requires proof of local residency and a domestic tax identification number. It operates as a commercial bank, taking deposits and lending to consumers and businesses. It is supervised by BaFin / Deutsche Bundesbank. Deposits are protected up to 100,000 EUR per depositor, per bank through the German statutory deposit guarantee (Einlagensicherung).

A German retail bank headquartered in Bonn and part of the Deutsche Bank group, which has owned it since 2010 and completed its operational integration in the mid-2020s. Deposits are covered by the German statutory deposit protection scheme. Postbank serves private customers with current accounts, savings and lending, and historically used the Deutsche Post branch network.

A German bank headquartered in Munich and part of the Italian UniCredit group. It is supervised by BaFin, the Bundesbank and the ECB, and its deposits fall under German deposit protection. It operates as UniCredit's German arm, serving private customers, wealthy clients and corporations, and includes the Wealth Management and Corporate & Investment Banking divisions.

The German consumer banking operation of Banco Santander, headquartered in Mönchengladbach. Deposits are protected under the German statutory scheme. It focuses on retail customers, offering current accounts, consumer loans, mortgages and investment products, and runs its German business with a strong digital and telephone service model rather than a dense branch network. Deposits are protected up to 100,000 EUR per depositor, per bank through the German statutory deposit guarantee (Einlagensicherung).

A German mobile bank headquartered in Berlin, founded in 2013 and holding a full German banking licence since 2016. It is supervised by BaFin, the Bundesbank and the ECB, and customer deposits fall under the German statutory deposit guarantee scheme. It offers current accounts, cards and savings to customers across the European Economic Area entirely through a smartphone app, with no branches.

A German direct bank headquartered in Quickborn, near Hamburg, and part of the Commerzbank group. Comdirect has a German banking licence, is supervised by BaFin and the Bundesbank, and its deposits fall under the German deposit protection scheme. It combines online brokerage with a current account and savings products, serving self-directed investors rather than branch customers.

A German direct bank headquartered in Berlin, operating as Deutsche Kreditbank AG and owned by Bayerische Landesbank. It holds a German banking licence, is supervised by BaFin and the Bundesbank, and its deposits fall under the German statutory protection scheme. It serves private and business customers through digital channels without branches, offering current accounts, savings products, consumer credit and mortgages.

The German direct banking arm of the Dutch ING Group, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. It holds a German banking licence, is supervised by BaFin and the Bundesbank, and participates in German deposit protection. It serves private customers with current accounts, savings, consumer loans, mortgages and brokerage, operating without branches through digital and telephone channels.

A German broker and bank headquartered in Berlin, holding a full German banking licence since 2023. It is supervised by BaFin, the Bundesbank and the ECB, and cash balances are held under German deposit protection arrangements. It offers commission-free securities trading, savings plans and — more recently — current accounts and cards, targeting retail investors across Europe.