KfW (#1 Worldwide)
Banking Industry as of 3/09
Size of Banking Industry: 6,625 billion euros
Key interest rate: 2%
Number of commercial banks: 1,700
Other Banks in Top 50
Landwirtschaftllche Rentenbank
Landeskreditbank Baden-Wuerttemberg-Foerderbank
NRW. Bank
Deutsche Bank
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg
With six banks listed on Global Finance’s World’s 50 Safest Banks, Germany places four banks in the Top Ten, which includes KfW at #1 overall. KfW is government owned and has been in operation for over 60 years, since 1948.
Source: CNBC Europe, Deutsche Bundesbank