Germany · Financial institution
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank is a federal institution under public law (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts), established by statute in 1949 and based in Frankfurt am Main. It has no shareholders. Its capital was contributed by the German agriculture and forestry sector between 1949 and 1958. The Federal Republic of Germany bears institutional liability (Anstaltslast) and guarantees the bank's obligations. It describes itself as the German promotional bank for agribusiness and rural areas. It grants promotional loans on a competitively neutral basis through the borrowers' banks and funds itself mainly on international capital markets.
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
- Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
- RIAD code
- DE03468
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- LAREDEFFXXX 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 LAREDEFF directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SDD Core · SDD B2B · T2
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1992-11-05
- Last updated
- 2024-12-28
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
Institution type
Development bank
Trades as Rentenbank
- Standing
- On 8 September 2026, BaFin published orders requiring the bank to remedy organisational deficiencies and to hold additional own funds until they are resolved. According to BaFin, the orders became final on 15 August 2026 and 21 August 2026.
- Ownership
- The bank is a federal public-law institution without shareholders, whose capital was raised from the German agriculture and forestry sector and whose obligations the Federal Republic of Germany guarantees.
- Head office
- Theodor-Heuss-Allee 80, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Company register
- HRA 30636, Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main
Business lines
The bank provides promotional loans for agriculture, agribusiness, renewable energy and rural development through the borrowers' banks, and grants, start-up finance and venture capital investments.
Online
- Websites & references
- rentenbank.de ↗
landwirtschaftliche-rentenbank.de ↗ alternative domain (canonical URL of the site's pages)
publikationen.rentenbank.de ↗ annual reports and publications
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q2144325 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- rentenbank.de
- rentenbank.de/impressum/
- rentenbank.de/ueber-uns/rentenbank/vorstand/
- rentenbank.de/ueber-uns/rentenbank/verwaltungsrat/
- bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/DE/Massnahmen/60b_KWG_84_WpIG_und_57_GwG/meldung_2026_09_0
- rentenbank.de/presse/Statement-zur-heutigen-Mitteilung-der-BaFin/
- rentenbank.de/export/sites/rentenbank/dokumente/presse/2026/rentenbank-kennzahlen-halbjahr-2026.pdf
- rentenbank.de/presse/Rentenbank-staerkt-Zukunftsinvestitionen-der-Landwirtschaft-Foerdergeschaeft-waech
- publikationen.rentenbank.de/export/sites/publikationen/pdf/geschaeftsbericht-2025-deutsch.pdf
- rentenbank.de/presse/Hubert-Spechtenhauser-wird-Interimsvorstand-bei-der-Rentenbank/
- rentenbank.de/presse/Dr.-Oliver-Engels-wird-neuer-Vorstand-bei-der-Rentenbank/
- landwirtschaftliche-rentenbank.de/en/about-us/
- bundesrechnungshof.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Berichte/2026/lr-bank-volltext.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landwirtschaftliche_Rentenbank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Nikola Steinbock
Sprecherin des Vorstands (Speaker of the Management Board)
- Chair
- Joachim Rukwied Vorsitzender des Verwaltungsrats (Chair of the Board of Directors)
- Chief financial officer
-
Dr. Marc Kaninke
Mitglied des Vorstands, Finanz- und IT-Vorstand (CFO)
- Executive
-
Hubert Spechtenhauser
Mitglied des Vorstands, Risikovorstand (Chief Risk Officer, interim until 30 June 2027)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Prudential supervisorAML supervisor
- Germany
- Deutsche Bundesbank Central bankPrudential supervisor
- Germany
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) Other
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Enforcement
BaFin ordered the bank to remedy deficiencies in its risk-bearing capacity procedures and to hold additional own funds until they are resolved.
bafin.de ↗ -
Leadership
Hubert Spechtenhauser became interim risk board member after Dietmar Ilg left the bank on 30 June 2026.
rentenbank.de ↗ -
Investigation
The Federal Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) published its final audit communication on the bank.
bundesrechnungshof.de ↗ -
Leadership
The Board of Directors appointed Dr. Oliver Engels to the Management Board, to take over the risk portfolio from 1 July 2027.
rentenbank.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
- LAREDEFFXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- LAREBank
- DECountry · Germany
- FFLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 529900Z3J0N6S0F7CT25
- 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 50020500
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
- 1949
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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- THEODOR-HEUSS-ALLEE 80 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60486 GERMANY
- Operational address
- THEODOR- HEUSS- ALLEE 80 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60486 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 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>LAREDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>50020500</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>529900Z3J0N6S0F7CT25</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>LAREDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>50020500</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>529900Z3J0N6S0F7CT25</LEI>
<Nm>LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE RENTENBANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>FRANKFURT AM MAIN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>THEODOR-HEUSS-ALLEE 80 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60486</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 | 2010-11-01 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50020500 | LAREDEFFXXX | Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank | 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.
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Sources & method
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- 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).
- 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: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · original; Nikola Steinbock: rentenbank.de (official website) · original; Dr. Marc Kaninke: rentenbank.de (official website) · original; Hubert Spechtenhauser: rentenbank.de (official website) · original.
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