Germany · Credit institution
Sparkasse Hannover
Sparkasse Hannover is a public-law savings bank (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) with its head office in Hannover, Lower Saxony. Its sponsor (Träger) is the Region Hannover. It provides retail, business and corporate banking in the Hannover region and issues mortgage and public-sector Pfandbriefe. It absorbed Stadtsparkasse Wunstorf on 1 January 2025 and Stadtsparkasse Burgdorf on 1 January 2026.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers. It is on the ECB list of supervised entities (see Regulatory status): that is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Regulatory status
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Less significant institution
- Supervisor
- Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht / Deutsche Bundesbank (with ECB oversight)
- Listed as
- Sparkasse Hannover
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Remarks
- HI: supervised entities which are classified as high-impact LSIs.
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- Sparkasse Hannover
- RIAD code
- DE00724
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) | 1961-07-10 | 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
- SPKHDE2HXXX 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 SPKHDE2H directly.
- Swift GPI
- Member, not yet live
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · VOP · TIPS
- Branch codes
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 2003-12-06
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
Institution type
Savings bank
- Standing
- The bank absorbed Stadtsparkasse Wunstorf on 1 January 2025 and Stadtsparkasse Burgdorf on 1 January 2026. In July 2026 the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV) elected chief executive Volker Alt to its executive board. He is due to move there in early 2027. No successor at the bank had been announced as of July 2026.
- Ownership
- The bank is a public-law institution without shareholders, and the Region Hannover is its sponsor (Träger).
- Head office
- Raschplatz 4, 30161 Hannover, Germany
- Company register
- HR A 26009, Amtsgericht Hannover
Business lines
The bank serves private, business, municipal and institutional customers in the Hannover region, sells insurance as a registered agent and funds itself partly through Pfandbrief issues.
Online
- Websites & references
- sparkasse-hannover.de ↗
Wikidata Q2307451 ↗ - Official social accounts
- TikTok ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- sparkasse-hannover.de/de/home/toolbar/impressum.html
- sparkasse-hannover.de/de/home/ihre-sparkasse/zahlen-und-fakten/vorstand.html
- sparkasse-hannover.de/de/home/ihre-sparkasse/zahlen-und-fakten/vorstand/verwaltungsrat.html
- sparkasse-hannover.de/de/home/ihre-sparkasse/zahlen-und-fakten/banking-relations.html
- sparkasse-hannover.de/
- sparkasse-hannover.de/content/dam/myif/spk-hannover/work/dokumente/pdf/ihre-sparkasse/geschaeftsberichte/sparka
- sparkasse-hannover.de/content/dam/myif/spk-hannover/work/dokumente/pdf/Presseinformationen/2026/Pressemitteilun
- sparkasse-hannover.de/content/dam/myif/spk-hannover/work/dokumente/pdf/ihre-sparkasse/investor_relations/202508
- sparkasse-hannover.de/de/home/ihre-sparkasse/fusion-mit-ssk-burgdorf.html
- ssk-wunstorf.de/de/home/ihre-sparkasse/fusion-mit-sk-hannover.html
- boersen-zeitung.de/personen/sparkassen-chef-volker-alt-wechselt-2027-in-die-dsgv-spitze
- rundblick-niedersachsen.de/alt-geht-nach-berlin-sparkasse-hannover-sucht-einen-neuen-vorstandsvorsitzenden
- nw-ihk.de/aktuell/sparkasse-hannover-geschaeftsjahr-2025
- altkreisblitz.de/2025/10/08/beschlossene-sache-stadtsparkasse-burgdorf-und-sparkasse-hannover-koennen-fusi
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Volker Alt Vorsitzender des Vorstandes (Chairman of the Management Board); due to leave for the DSGV executive board in early 2027
- Chair
- Belit Onay Vorsitzender des Verwaltungsrates (Chairman of the Supervisory Board); Lord Mayor of Hannover
- Executive
-
Kerstin Berghoff-Ising
Mitglied des Vorstandes (HR, organisation/IT and credit back office); retiring 31 May 2027
- Executive
-
Marina Barth
Mitglied des Vorstandes
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Germany
- Deutsche Bundesbank Central bankPrudential supervisor
- Germany
- Lower Saxony Ministry of Finance (savings bank supervisory authority) Other
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The DSGV elected chief executive Volker Alt to its executive board, with a move planned for early 2027.
boersen-zeitung.de ↗ -
Leadership
The supervisory board appointed Tanja Machulla and Thomas Wreesmann as deputy board members from 1 January 2027.
sparkasse-hannover.de ↗ -
Other
The bank began using internal ratings to calculate capital requirements for credit risk (IRB approach).
boersen-zeitung.de ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Stadtsparkasse Burgdorf merged into the bank on 1 January 2026, and technical integration followed in May 2026.
sparkasse-hannover.de ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Stadtsparkasse Wunstorf merged into the bank on 1 January 2025, and data migration followed in May 2025.
ssk-wunstorf.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
- SPKHDE2HXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- SPKHBank
- DECountry · Germany
- 2HLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 52990085XZWOZNLAWJ54
- 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 25050180 + 1 more
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 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
- Less significant · Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht / Deutsche Bundesbank 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
- 2003
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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- RASCHPLATZ 4 HANNOVER 30161 4444 GERMANY
- Operational address
- RASCHPLATZ 4 HANNOVER 30161 HANNOVER POB 145 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
- 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>SPKHDE2HXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>52990085XZWOZNLAWJ54</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>SPKHDE2HXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>52990085XZWOZNLAWJ54</LEI>
<Nm>SPARKASSE HANNOVER</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>HANNOVER</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>RASCHPLATZ 4 HANNOVER 30161 4444</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>2 national bank codes route to this BIC. The blocks add none, because the right one depends on the account.
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 | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. 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
2 codes valid until 2026-12-06 · ISO 20022 clearing system code DEBLZ
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25050180 | SPKHDE2HXXX | Sparkasse Hannover | Hannover |
| 25050299 | SPKHDE2HXXX | Kreissparkasse Hannover -alt- | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPKHDE2H001 | T2S | Hannover | RASCHPLATZ 4 HANNOVER HANNOVER GERMANY | — | 2018-08-04 |
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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 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).
- 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.
- 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: sparkasse-hannover.de (official website) · original; Kerstin Berghoff-Ising: sparkasse-hannover.de (official website) · original; Marina Barth: sparkasse-hannover.de (official website) · original.
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