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Bank im Bistum Essen

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The Bank im Bistum Essen eG (BIB) is a German cooperative bank located in Essen and has clients that are not-for-profit, ethical and sustainable organisations and their employees. These include the Catholic Church and its institutions. Its members are organisations such as hospitals, foundations, church-related housing construction, homes for disabled people, retirement homes and other institutions of provision – as well as a number of private customers: staff members of the institutions mentioned above.2 It was founded in 1966.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1966Founded1
  • Industrybank1
  • HeadquartersEssen1
  • Websitewww.bibessen.de
  • Legal formeingetragene Genossenschaft1
  • Kind of organizationCooperative1
  • LEI5299006L608JYM89QP493
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressGildehofstr. 2, 45127 Essen, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Essen, GnR 3253

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BIB Bankgebäude
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The Bank im Bistum Essen eG (BIB) is a German cooperative bank located in Essen and has clients that are not-for-profit, ethical and sustainable organisations and their employees. These include the Catholic Church and its institutions.2

The story

The bank was founded in 1966.

Since 2012 people who do not work for the church such as atheists or people of other religions can also become customers. Due to the bank's ethic sustainability orientation, numerous customers from the charitable-foundations-field have joined the bank since then. The cooperative does not provide services to companies that are solely profit oriented.

Since 2006, the bank offered loans worldwide to microfinance institutions. Apart from this the bank launched two microfinance funds for institutional investors in which the bank itself invested as well and which are managed by the bank itself. BIB was the first credit institution in Germany that offered private customers the ability to invest into the microfinance sector via a passbook.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bank im Bistum Essen, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

The bank's services include:

Financing of social properties like hospitals and care homes

Financing of housing construction

Deployment of electronic bank services

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Asset management from savings accounts through to investments in special funds in due consideration of ethic sustainability aspects

Microfinance

From Wikipedia’s article on Bank im Bistum Essen, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Employees over time

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Timeline

  1. 1966Founded Founded1

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