Banks in Bremen

Sparkasse Bremen is a public savings bank (Sparkasse) in Germany. Our directory records its head office in Bremen. 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 former German Landesbank headquartered in Bremen, which served as the central institution for the savings banks of Bremen and Lower Saxony. Its business was merged into Norddeutsche Landesbank, and its customers and operations were integrated into NORD/LB. It is included here because legacy references to the institution remain common in older banking documentation. Deposits are protected up to 100,000 EUR per depositor, per bank through the German statutory deposit guarantee (Einlagensicherung).

Volksbank Bremen-Nord is a cooperative bank in Germany. Our directory records its head office in Bremen. It is a member-owned cooperative, part of the German cooperative banking sector known as the Genossenschaftsbanken. 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). Opening an account normally requires proof of local residency and a domestic tax identification number.

Weser-Elbe Sparkasse is a public savings bank (Sparkasse) in Germany. Our directory records its head office in Bremen. 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). Opening an account normally requires proof of local residency and a domestic tax identification number.

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. Postbank serves private customers with current accounts, savings and lending, and historically used the Deutsche Post branch network. Deposits are covered by the German statutory deposit protection scheme.

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

The German consumer banking operation of Banco Santander, headquartered in Mönchengladbach. 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 under the German statutory scheme. It is supervised by BaFin / Deutsche Bundesbank.

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

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

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

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

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