The Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe is a network of public banks that together form the largest financial services group in Germany and in all of Europe. Its name refers to local government-controlled savings banks that are known in German as Sparkasse, plural Sparkassen. Its activity is overwhelmingly located in Germany.
DSGV head office in Berlin
Sparkassenverband Westfalen-Lippe head office in Münster
Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband head office in Dusseldorf
Sparkassenverband Rheinland-Pfalz head office in Mainz
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale is the central provider of asset management and capital market solutions of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, a network of public banks that together form the largest financial services group in Germany and in all of Europe. It is registered in both Frankfurt and Berlin, with main operational headquarters in Frankfurt. It traces its origins to the Deutsche Girozentrale, established in 1918 as a hub for payments within the German savings banks system.
Trianon building in Frankfurt, DekaBank head office since 1993
Building at Gertraudenstrasse 16 in Berlin (former seat of Bank- und Handelshaus Splitgerber & Daum [de]), DGZ head office from 1918 to 1945; demolished in the 1960s
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