Cooperative bank with 37 locations for retail and corporate customers in the Ulm and Upper Swabia region
Volksbank Ulm-Biberach eG
Ulm · 37 locations in the Ulm/Upper Swabia regionNew on Amplifa
About Volksbank Ulm-Biberach eG
Volksbank Ulm-Biberach eG is a cooperatively organised bank headquartered in Ulm and is considered the oldest cooperative bank in the Ulm area. It was founded in 1863 as Gewerbebank zu Ulm and is represented at 37 locations in the Ulm and Upper Swabia region. Its offering includes retail banking with current accounts, savings products, credit cards and online banking as well as corporate banking with business accounts, financing, payment transactions and foreign business including export financing, foreign currency accounts and foreign exchange trading. In addition, the institution offers insurance brokerage as an independent insurance agent in partnership with R+V, asset management for companies, real estate projects and the crowdfunding platform "Viele schaffen mehr" (Many achieve more). The bank is a registered cooperative and is subject to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). With a balance sheet total of almost 5 billion euros (2024), it is one of the larger Volksbanken in the Ulm-Upper Swabia area.
- Site
- Ulm
- Processes
- Retail banking (current account, savings products, credit cards), Online banking and online brokerage, Corporate banking (business account, corporate credit card, financing), Payment transactions incl. international payment transactions, Foreign business (export financing, foreign currency account, currency management, foreign exchange, Insurance brokerage (independent insurance agent § 34d GewO, partner R+V), Investment and asset management for companies, Real estate projects/new-build apartments
- Materials
- Retail banking, Corporate banking, Foreign business, Insurance brokerage, Real estate projects
- Certificates
- BaFin supervision, BVR deposit protection, BVR ombudsman scheme
- Founded
- 1863
- Industries
- Banks and financial services, Retail customers, Corporate customers/companies, Insurance brokerage, Real estate
- 01
Cooperative advisory services
- 02
Account management and payment transactions
- 03
Financing and investment
- 04
Insurance brokerage
- 05
Real estate projects and regional development
Services
Retail banking
Current accounts, savings products, credit cards, online banking and online brokerage for retail customers.
Corporate banking
Business accounts, corporate credit cards, financing and asset management for companies.
Foreign business
Export financing, foreign currency accounts, currency management, foreign exchange trading and documentary business.
Insurance brokerage
Independent insurance agent pursuant to § 34d GewO (Trade Regulation Act) in partnership with R+V.
Real estate projects
Property development projects such as new-build apartments in Illertissen, Achstetten and Bad Schussenried.
Locations
Ulm
DEHead office of the cooperative bank
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Security & Quality
Deposit protection is provided by the officially recognised BVR Institutssicherung GmbH as well as the additional voluntary protection scheme of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken e. V. The bank is supervised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and participates in the ombudsman scheme of the cooperative banking group.
| Evidence | Ulm |
|---|---|
| BaFin supervision | |
| BVR deposit protection | |
| BVR ombudsman scheme |
History
- 1863
Foundation of the Gewerbebank zu Ulm (founding assembly on 22 August, opening on 1 October 1863)
- 1898
Foundation of the Zentralkasse Württembergischer Volksbanken under the influence of the Gewerbebank
- 1905
Turnover of 205 million marks; inauguration of the new building at today's company headquarters
- 1908
Merger of the Gewerbebank Ulm with the Gewerbebank Ravensburg
- 1913
50th anniversary; over 2,251 members, balance sheet total 17.4 million marks
- 1959
Merger with the Volksbank Illertissen; opening of branches in Senden-Ay and Langenau
- 1971
Merger with the Raiffeisenbank Ulm-Grimmelfingen
- 1972
Merger with the Volksbank Mengen
- 1976
Merger with the Kleinkredit-Bank für Ulm und Oberschwaben
- 1983
Installation of the first ATM in the centre
- 1986
Merger with the Raiffeisenbank Illertissen
- 1987
Merger with the Wiblinger Bank
- 1990
Introduction of Electronic Cash in Ulm retail as the first bank in Ulm
- 1993
Foundation of the Junge Ulmer Volksbank
- 1994
Merger with the Raiffeisenbank Jungingen
- 1997
Merger with the Raiffeisenbank Ulm-Süd
- 2008
Merger with the Volksbank Biberach on 1 January 2008; renaming to Volksbank Ulm-Biberach
- 2016
Launch of the crowdfunding platform "Viele schaffen mehr"; award of the Responsibility Prize
- 2022
Merger with the Raiffeisenbank Biberach eG
- 2024
Balance sheet total of almost 5 billion euros; 1.2 million euros in donations and sponsoring for the region