Germany · Financial institution
Lfa Foerderbank Bayern
Legal name in the LEI recordLfA Förderbank Bayern
LfA Förderbank Bayern is the development bank of the Free State of Bavaria. It is a public-law institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) with its seat in Munich. By law, the Free State of Bavaria bears 100% of its liability. The bank finances Bavarian small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and municipalities through promotional loans, risk assumptions and equity. Its loans are channelled through the borrowers' own banks under the house-bank principle. It was founded in 1951 to finance Bavaria's post-war reconstruction.
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
- LfA Förderbank Bayern
- RIAD code
- DE03471
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- LFFBDEMMXXX 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 LFFBDEMM 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
- 2001-06-02
- Last updated
- 2007-12-29
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
100% Freistaat Bayern (Free State of Bavaria)
Institution type
Development bank
Trades as LfA
- Ownership
- The Free State of Bavaria is the bank's guarantor (Gewährträger) and bears 100% of its liability by law.
- Direct parent
- Freistaat Bayern (Free State of Bavaria), Germany 100%
- Head office
- Königinstraße 17, 80539 München, Germany
- Company register
- HRA 78820, Amtsgericht München
- Former name
- Landesanstalt für Aufbaufinanzierung
Business lines
The bank provides promotional loans, guarantees, liability exemptions and, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bayern Kapital GmbH, venture capital for Bavarian businesses and municipalities, lending mainly through partner banks.
Online
- Websites & references
- lfa.de ↗
geschaeftsbericht2025.lfa.de ↗ 2025 annual report microsite
bankenportal.lfa.de ↗ partner-bank login portal
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q1822460 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- lfa.de/website/de/metanavi/impressum/index.php
- lfa.de/website/de/lfa/organe/vorstand/index.php
- lfa.de/website/de/lfa/organe/verwaltungsrat/index.php
- lfa.de/website/de/lfa/zahlen/index.php
- lfa.de/website/de/lfa/zahlen/mitarbeiterzahlen/index.php
- geschaeftsbericht2025.lfa.de/kennzahlen/
- lfa.de/website/de/aktuelles/presse/archiv/2026/pm20260416/index.php
- bayern.de/fueracker-vorstand-der-lfa-foerderbank-bayern-stefan-hoeck-folgt-ab-august-2026-auf-hans-
- boersen-zeitung.de/personen/bayerns-foerderbank-lfa-erweitert-den-vorstand
- boersen-zeitung.de/banken-finanzen/lfa-foerderbank-drueckt-auf-das-gaspedal
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LfA_F%C3%B6rderbank_Bayern
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Dr. Bernhard Schwab
Vorsitzender des Vorstands (Chairman of the Management Board)
- Chair
- Hubert Aiwanger Vorsitzender des Verwaltungsrats (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy
- Chief financial officer
-
Stefan Höck
Stv. Vorsitzender des Vorstands (Deputy Chairman of the Management Board), responsible for finance and accounting, risk controlling and compliance
- Executive
-
Dr. Thomas Langer
Mitglied des Vorstands (Member of the Management Board)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Prudential supervisorAML supervisor
- Germany
- Deutsche Bundesbank Central bankPrudential supervisor
- Germany
- Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Home Affairs Other
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Hans Peter Göttler left the management board on retirement. Stefan Höck became deputy chairman on 1 August 2026.
bayern.de ↗ -
Leadership
The Bavarian State Ministry of Finance reappointed Dr. Bernhard Schwab as chairman of the management board until his retirement at the end of July 2027.
bayern.de ↗ -
Leadership
Dr. Thomas Langer joined the management board on 1 November 2025, taking responsibility for information technology.
boersen-zeitung.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
- LFFBDEMMXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- LFFBBank
- DECountry · Germany
- MMLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 529900K094KMHKJ4TS82
- 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 70220000
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
- 1951
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
- KOENIGINSTRASSE 17 MUENCHEN 80539 GERMANY
- Operational address
- KOENIGINSTRASSE 17 MUENCHEN 80539 MUENCHEN 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>LFFBDEMMXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>70220000</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>529900K094KMHKJ4TS82</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>LFFBDEMMXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>70220000</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>529900K094KMHKJ4TS82</LEI>
<Nm>LFA FOERDERBANK BAYERN</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>MUENCHEN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>KOENIGINSTRASSE 17 MUENCHEN 80539</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 | 2013-02-04 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2010-08-31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70220000 | LFFBDEMMXXX | LfA Förderbank Bayern | München |
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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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).
- 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: unbekannt · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · original; Dr. Bernhard Schwab: lfa.de (official website) · original; Stefan Höck: lfa.de (official website) · original; Dr. Thomas Langer: lfa.de (official website) · original.
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