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The Association of German Public Banks (German: Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands, generally referred to as VÖB) is a leading association within the German banking sector, bringing together most of the German public banking sector except the local-level savings banks (German: Sparkassen).2 Its chief executive is Iris Bethge.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Association of German Public Banks (German: Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands, generally referred to as VÖB) is a leading association within the German banking sector, bringing together most of the German public banking sector except the local-level savings banks (German: Sparkassen). Its membership includes 63 banks, including the Landesbanks that are also members of the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV) and form part of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, and promotional and development banks (German: Förderbanken) owned by the Federal Republic of Germany or the individual German federal states.2
The Verband deutscher öffentlich-rechtlicher Kreditanstalten was originally established in Berlin in 1916, and renamed Verband Öffentlicher Banken in 1974.
From Wikipedia’s article on Association of German Public Banks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
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