Germany · Credit institution
Norddeutsche Landesbank
Legal name in the LEI recordNORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK - GIROZENTRALE -
Norddeutsche Landesbank - Girozentrale - (NORD/LB) is a public-law institution with registered seats in Hanover, Braunschweig and Magdeburg. The State of Lower Saxony holds 58.11% of its capital, and Saxony-Anhalt and savings bank sector bodies hold the rest. It is the Landesbank for Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, acts as central bank for around 70 savings banks and offers corporate, structured, real estate and capital markets finance. It absorbed Deutsche Hypothekenbank (Actien-Gesellschaft) on 1 July 2021 and provides retail banking through the Braunschweigische Landessparkasse.
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI DSNHHQ2B9X5N6OUJ1236 (Norddeutsche Landesbank - Girozentrale -) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (NOLAUS33). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
The Swift name for this BIC differs from the legal name in GLEIF.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
Regulatory status
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Significant institution
- Supervisor
- European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- Listed as
- Norddeutsche Landesbank -Girozentrale-
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervisory group
- Heads its own group
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets EUR 100-150 bn)
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- Norddeutsche Landesbank - Girozentrale -
- RIAD code
- DE00320
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment services (MiFID II) | Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) | 1970-01-01 | A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- NOLADE2HXXX 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 NOLADE2H directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · VOP · T2 · TIPS
- Branch codes
- 1 branch code
- Other BIC with this LEI
- NOLAUS33
- BIC first registered
- 1977-08-29
- Last updated
- 2015-09-05
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Mixed ownership
58.11% Land Niedersachsen (State of Lower Saxony)
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as NORD/LB
- Standing
- Since 9 February 2026, 23 savings banks have routed international commercial payments via Helaba (HELADEFFXXX) instead of NOLADE2HXXX. Euro real-time gross settlement (RTGS) payments for these savings banks remain with NOLADE2HXXX.
- Ownership
- The State of Lower Saxony holds 58.11%, of which 48.99% is held through Hannoversche Beteiligungsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH, and the rest is held by Saxony-Anhalt and savings bank sector bodies.
- Direct parent
- Land Niedersachsen (State of Lower Saxony), Germany 58.11%
- Major shareholders
- Hannoversche Beteiligungsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH (HanBG) 48.99% · 31 Dec 2025
FIDES Gamma GmbH (trustee company of DSGV/savings banks) 11.89% · 31 Dec 2025
FIDES Delta GmbH (trustee company of DSGV/Landesbanken) 11.89% · 31 Dec 2025
Land Niedersachsen (direct) 9.12% · 31 Dec 2025
Sparkassenverband Niedersachsen 8.88% · 31 Dec 2025
Land Sachsen-Anhalt 6.22% · 31 Dec 2025 - Head office
- Friedrichswall 10, 30159 Hannover, Germany
- Company register
- HRA 26247, Amtsgericht Hannover (also HRA 10261, Amtsgericht Braunschweig; HRA 22150, Amtsgericht Stendal)
Business lines
The bank focuses on corporate clients in northern Germany, savings bank network business, energy and infrastructure finance, commercial real estate finance (Deutsche Hypo) and capital markets, with retail and private banking via the Braunschweigische Landessparkasse and NORD/LB Private Investors.
Online
- Websites & references
- nordlb.de ↗
nordlb.com ↗ English-language site
deutsche-hypo.de ↗ Deutsche Hypo brand site (commercial real estate finance)
blsk.de ↗ Braunschweigische Landessparkasse retail site and online banking (an institution within the bank)
Wikidata Q561418 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · XING ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- nordlb.de/impressum
- nordlb.de/die-nordlb/gremien-und-organe
- nordlb.de/
- nordlb.de/die-nordlb/portraet
- nordlb.de/die-nordlb/presse/nord-lb-baut-halbjahresgewinn-deutlich-aus-ergebnis-vor-steuern-waechst
- nordlb.de/ssi-change
- bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/DE/Massnahmen/60b_KWG_84_WpIG_und_57_GwG/meldung_2026_08_0
- nordlb.de/fileadmin/redaktion/Investor_Relations/pdf/2025/NORDLB_Konzerngeschaeftsbericht_2025.pdf
- nordlb.com/nord/lb/committees-and-executive-bodies
- nordlb.com/nordlb/press/early-contract-extension-joerg-frischholz-will-remain-at-the-top-of-nord-lb-
- nordlb.com/nordlb/press/integration-of-deutsche-hypo-into-nord-lb-completed
- nordlb.de/unsere-leistungen/transaction-banking
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Jörg Frischholz
Vorsitzender des Vorstands, CEO
- Chair
- Gerald Heere Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats (Lower Saxony Minister of Finance)
- Chief financial officer
-
Jasper Hanebuth
Mitglied des Vorstands, CFO
- Executive
-
Christoph Dieng
Mitglied des Vorstands, CRO
- Executive
-
Ingrid Spletter-Weiß
Mitglied des Vorstands, CCO
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- European Union
- European Central Bank Prudential supervisor
- Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Germany
- Deutsche Bundesbank Central bank
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Enforcement
BaFin ordered the bank to remedy deficiencies in customer due diligence, including a backlog in updating customer data, in breach of the Money Laundering Act.
bafin.de ↗ -
Other
Twenty-three savings banks moved international commercial payments processing from the bank to Helaba, changing their routing from NOLADE2HXXX to HELADEFFXXX.
nordlb.de ↗ -
Licence
The bank closed its Singapore branch and returned the branch banking licence in the fourth quarter of 2025.
nordlb.de ↗ -
Leadership
Dr Christoph Auerbach joined the Managing Board as Chief Operating Officer on 1 April 2025.
nordlb.de ↗ -
Leadership
The Supervisory Board and Owners' Meeting extended CEO Jörg Frischholz's contract until 30 June 2030.
nordlb.com ↗ -
Leadership
Jasper Hanebuth joined the Managing Board as Chief Financial Officer on 1 July 2024.
nordlb.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
- NOLADE2HXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- NOLABank
- DECountry · Germany
- 2HLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- 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 25050000
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (ECB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the ECB list of supervised entities (as at 2026-07-01). This is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- Country · region
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB 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
- 1970
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.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Norddeutsche Landesbank - Girozentrale - group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 3 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Nord/ Lb Luxembourg S.A. Covered Bond Bank.
See the Norddeutsche Landesbank - Girozentrale - group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- FRIEDRICHSWALL 10 HANNOVER 30159 290 GERMANY
- Operational address
- FRIEDRICHSWALL 10 HANNOVER 30159 HANNOVER 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>NOLADE2HXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>25050000</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>DSNHHQ2B9X5N6OUJ1236</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>NOLADE2HXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>25050000</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>DSNHHQ2B9X5N6OUJ1236</LEI>
<Nm>NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>HANNOVER</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>FRIEDRICHSWALL 10 HANNOVER 30159 290</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 Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2018-07-10 | 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 | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-10-05 | Head office | — |
| T2 (Eurosystem real-time gross settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment 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. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25050000 | NOLADE2HXXX | Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale | Hannover |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOLADE2HTAX | NORD/LB SECURITIES TAX | Hannover | FRIEDRICHSWALL 10 HANNOVER 30159 HANNOVER GERMANY | — | 2018-06-02 |
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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. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- 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. Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
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