Germany · Financial institution
Kreditanstalt Fuer Wiederaufbau
Legal name in the LEI recordKreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) is a public-law institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) founded in 1948 under the KfW Law. Its head office is in Frankfurt am Main. The Federal Republic of Germany holds 80% of its capital and the federal states hold 20%. KfW provides promotional finance in Germany and development finance abroad. It has no branches, takes no customer deposits and funds itself mainly through bond issues on the capital markets. It is the parent of KfW Group, whose subsidiaries include KfW IPEX-Bank, DEG and KfW Capital.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
- RIAD code
- DE03467
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- KFWIDEFFXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under KFWIDEFF directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SDD Core · SDD B2B · T2
- Branch codes
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 1991-09-02
- Last updated
- 2016-08-06
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
80% Federal Republic of Germany
Institution type
Development bank
Trades as KfW
- Ownership
- The Federal Republic of Germany holds 80% of KfW's share capital and the German federal states hold 20%.
- Direct parent
- Federal Republic of Germany, Germany 80%
- Major shareholder
- German federal states (Länder) 20% · 31 Dec 2025
- Head office
- Palmengartenstraße 5-9, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Business lines
KfW describes itself as the promotional bank of the federal government and the federal states. Most of its domestic promotional loans reach end borrowers through their own banks, and its international work covers development and emerging countries.
Online
- Websites & references
- kfw.de ↗
kfw-entwicklungsbank.de ↗ KfW Development Bank (business area of KfW)
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q658270 ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/Impressum.html
- kfw.de
- kfw.de/kfw.de-2.html
- kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/Arbeitsweise-und-Unternehmensf%C3%BChrung/Vorstand/
- kfw.de/About-KfW/Arbeitsweise-und-Unternehmensf%C3%BChrung/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BC
- kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/Newsroom/Aktuelles/Pressemitteilungen-Details_887040.html
- kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/Newsroom/Aktuelles/Pressemitteilungen-Details_898112.html
- kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/Newsroom/Aktuelles/Pressemitteilungen-Details_873984.html
- kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/Newsroom/Aktuelles/Pressemitteilungen-Details_903744.html
- kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/
- kfw.de/PDF/Download-Center/Finanzpublikationen/PDF-Dokumente-Berichte-etc/3_Finanzberichte/KfW-F
- bundesfinanzministerium.de/Web/DE/Service/FAQ_Glossar/Glossar/Functions/glossar.html?lv2=176766&lv3=176778
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KfW
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Stefan Wintels Chairman of the Executive Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender)
- Chair
- Katherina Reiche Chair of the Board of Supervisory Directors (Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy); the chair rotates each year between the finance and economy ministries
- Chief financial officer
- Bernd Loewen Member of the Executive Board, Chief Financial Officer (Finanzvorstand): accounting, organisation and human resources
- Executive
- Melanie Kehr Member of the Executive Board: domestic promotional business, IT and operations, and export and project finance (KfW IPEX-Bank)
- Executive
- Stefan Peiß Member of the Executive Board: risk management and risk controlling
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Prudential supervisor
- Germany
- Deutsche Bundesbank Central bankPrudential supervisor
- Germany
- Federal Ministry of Finance Other
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The Board of Supervisory Directors appointed Susanne Maurenbrecher to the Executive Board for IT, operations and transaction management from 1 October 2026.
kfw.de ↗ -
Leadership
The Board of Supervisory Directors appointed Brigitte Réthier to the Executive Board for four years, responsible for international financial cooperation and DEG.
kfw.de ↗ -
Leadership
KfW announced that Executive Board member Christiane Laibach would step down on 31 July 2026 and retire.
kfw.de ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- KFWIDEFFXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- KFWIBank
- DECountry · Germany
- FFLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300GDPG70E3MBBU98
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- Bankleitzahl 50020400
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1948
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.
Including KFW Ipex Bank GMBH, Deg - Deutsche Investitions Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh.
See the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- PALMENGARTENSTRASSE 5-9 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60325 11-11-41 GERMANY
- Operational address
- PALMENGARTENSTRASSE 5-9 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60325 FRANKFURT AM MAIN POB 11 11 41 GERMANY
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI and its DEBLZ clearing code
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>KFWIDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>50020400</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>549300GDPG70E3MBBU98</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>KFWIDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>50020400</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>549300GDPG70E3MBBU98</LEI>
<Nm>KREDITANSTALT FUER WIEDERAUFBAU</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>FRANKFURT AM MAIN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>PALMENGARTENSTRASSE 5-9 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60325 11-11-41</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2009-11-02 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2010-11-01 | Head office | — |
| T2 (Eurosystem real-time gross settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. The T2 list names direct participants only and gives no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
Bankleitzahl · Germany
1 code valid until 2026-12-06 · ISO 20022 clearing system code DEBLZ
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50020400 | KFWIDEFFXXX | KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
Network
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFWIDEFF100 | NIEDERLASSUNG BERLIN | Berlin | CHARLOTTENSTRASSE 33/33A BERLIN 10117 BERLIN GERMANY | — | 2000-12-02 |
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of T2 participants.
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- National bank codes—Germany (Quelle: Deutsche Bundesbank).
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: KfW Bankengruppe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · original.
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