Press releases

May 15, 2025

EU Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy: Good approach – but misses the mark

The aim of the European Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) is to encourage more retail investors to invest in the capital market. The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) fully supports this aim. However, instead of providing real incentives, the current proposals will actually make access to the capital markets, to advice and to suitable products more difficult. The EU Commission’s inadequate simplification proposals will fail to reverse the trend.
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March 19, 2025

European Commission’s proposals for the Savings and Investments Union need to focus more on the value added for businesses and consumers

The European Commission today unveiled new steps in its adoption of the Savings and Investments Union (SIU). The initiative is aimed at channeling savings in the EU financial system into productive investments more effectively in order to open up broader access and better financing options for citizens and companies alike. The Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR) [National Association of German Cooperative Banks] is pleased to see that the European Commission is fleshing out the Savings and Investments Union project with more tangible ideas.
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March 10, 2025

Cooperative banks increase their profit before taxes to €9.5 billion in 2024

The 672 local cooperative banks, Sparda banks, PSD banks, and cooperative specialized institutions in Germany increased their profit before taxes by 2.3 percent to €9.5 billion in 2024. This positive trend was driven by both net interest income and net fee and commission income. Moreover, the local cooperative banks saw their equity rise by 3.2 percent to €66 billion as at December 31, 2024.
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BVR - 06.05.2014, 12:00:00
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