The top banks in corporate banking in 2021

Corona, lockdown, bottlenecks in supply chains: the past few months have definitely been a stress test for banking relationships. But the worst-case scenario of a widespread credit crunch did not materialize. That shows the current one Banken-Survey, for the FINANCE and FAZ Business Media | research surveyed CFOs, finance managers and treasurers from medium-sized companies … Read more

Commerzbank wants to close two locations in Krefeld

Commerzbank wants to close two locations in Krefeld

July 6, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Rheinstrasse branch remains : Commerzbank wants to close two branches in Krefeld – The Commerzbank branch on Rheinstrasse in the city center will be retained. This was announced yesterday by a spokesman for the Mönchengladbach branch, which also includes Krefeld. Foto: Norbert Stirken – – Krefeld The Commerzbank location … Read more

Blockchain in the financial world: something’s going again

This shows that the blockchain can create added value in many areas. However, industrial companies also have to be ready to get involved with the technology. This applies to the finance department as well as to the strategy teams – after all, pay per use also entails completely new business models for companies. But those … Read more

Commerzbank expects to lose 1.7 million customers by 2024

Commerzbank expects to lose 1.7 million customers by 2024

– Berlin The CommerzbankAccording to a media report, management expects to lose 1.7 million customers by 2024 in the course of the planned corporate restructuring. “Welt am Sonntag” reports that with reference to the bank’s environment. The bank lost around 300 million euros in income due to the departure of customers by 2024. This should … Read more

Number of branches shrinks by almost ten percent

Number of branches shrinks by almost ten percent

– Volksbank Many Volks- and Raiffeisenbanken closed branches last year. The vast majority of customers use online banking. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt The Volks- and Raiffeisenbanken closed branches on a large scale during the corona pandemic. The 349 Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken, which belong to the regional cooperative association, gave up 425 … Read more

Impending lockdown and Brexit negotiations are a burden

Impending lockdown and Brexit negotiations are a burden

Will there be a trade deal? EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have set a deadline of Sunday. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Frankfurt Two far-reaching political decisions on Sunday should decide whether the stock markets start the new trading week with gains or losses. In … Read more

Economy, trade & finance: disaster not in sight

Economy, trade & finance: disaster not in sight

– Several large banks have increased their risk provisioning for potentially bad loans in recent months, including the Commerzbank and several Landesbanken. But the regional banks are obviously getting through the crisis well so far. “It is always said that a large wave of insolvencies will roll on us all, and that it will hit … Read more

Jan Marsalek and the coup of the century

Jan Marsalek and the coup of the century

Jan Marsalek We are looking for the ex-COO of Wirecard. – (Photo: Wirecard) – – – – Munich The fraud at the insolvent payment service provider Wirecard is apparently even bigger than expected. The previous assumption was that 1.9 billion euros were missing from the balance sheet. Research now shows: The existence of a further … Read more

Hedge fund attacks real estate financier Aareal Bank

Hedge fund attacks real estate financier Aareal Bank

– Aareal Bank headquarters Aareal Bank’s headquarters may not be a “real palace”, as the activist investor Petrus Advisers writes. But the building is in a very central Wiesbaden location. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt It is an unusually rough wind that the Wiesbaden real estate financier Aareal Bank has been striking … Read more