The A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bankverein was a bank in Cologne, initially founded in 1791. In 1848 it was reorganized as a joint stock company; purchased in 1914 by the Berlin-based Disconto-Gesellschaft
Gustav Mevissen (1815-1899) led the A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bankverein's creation and early development
Building at Behrensstrasse 21-22 in Berlin, erected in 1896 by Schaaffhausen for its branch in the capital; later head office of the Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft, and lately Berlin representative office of Bavaria