Germany · Credit institution
Sparkasse Koelnbonn
Legal name in the LEI recordSparkasse KölnBonn
Sparkasse KölnBonn is a savings bank established under public law (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) with its seat in Cologne. Its sponsor is the Zweckverband Sparkasse KölnBonn, a public-law association whose members are the City of Cologne and the Federal City of Bonn. The bank serves private customers, self-employed clients and small and medium-sized companies, mainly in Cologne and Bonn. According to its 2025 annual financial statements, it was founded in 1826.
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 KölnBonn
- 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 KölnBonn
- RIAD code
- DE00897
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
- COLSDE33XXX 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 COLSDE33 directly.
- Swift GPI
- Member, not yet live
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · VOP · T2 · TIPS
- Branch codes
- 3 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1977-08-29
- Last updated
- 2024-05-25
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
Zweckverband Sparkasse KölnBonn
Institution type
Savings bank
- Ownership
- The sponsor (Träger) is the Zweckverband Sparkasse KölnBonn, a public-law association seated in Bonn whose members are the City of Cologne and the Federal City of Bonn.
- Direct parent
- Zweckverband Sparkasse KölnBonn, Germany
- Head office
- Hahnenstraße 57, 50667 Köln, Germany
- Company register
- HRA 7961, Amtsgericht Köln
- Former name
- Stadtsparkasse Köln
Business lines
The bank names private customers, self-employed clients and regional small and medium-sized companies as its target clients. According to its 2025 report, 51.6% of customer lending is real-estate related, and it issues mortgage Pfandbriefe.
Online
- Websites & references
- sparkasse-koelnbonn.de ↗
karriere.sparkasse-koelnbonn.de ↗ careers site
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q1681035 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- sparkasse-koelnbonn.de/de/home/toolbar/impressum.html
- sparkasse-koelnbonn.de/content/dam/myif/spk-koelnbonn/work/dokumente/pdf/unternehmen/zahlen-und-fakten/jahresabs
- sparkasse-koelnbonn.de/de/home/ihre-sparkasse/ueber-uns/vorstand.html
- sparkasse-koelnbonn.de/de/home.html
- boersen-zeitung.de/personen/vorstandswechsel-bei-der-sparkasse-koelnbonn
- koelner.de/news/stadtleben/vorstandswechsel-bei-der-sparkasse-koelnbonn/
- private-banking-magazin.de/michael-kahl-wird-privatkunden-vorstand-der-sparkasse-koeln-bonn/
- verbraucherzentrale.de/verfahren/sparkasse-koelnbonn
- vzbv.de/meldungen/ueberhoehte-kontogebuehren-rund-700-kundinnen-der-sparkasse-koelnbonn-erhalten-
- de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkasse_K%C3%B6lnBonn
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Ulrich Voigt
Vorsitzender des Vorstandes (Chairman of the Management Board)
- Chair
- Dr. Ralph Elster Vorsitzender des Verwaltungsrates (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
- Chief financial officer
-
Rainer Virnich
Mitglied des Vorstandes, Produktion und Finanzen (retiring 30 September 2026)
- Executive
-
Dr. Andreas Dartsch
Stellvertretender Vorsitzender des Vorstandes, Risiko, IT und Prozesse
- Executive
-
Cathrin Dauven
Stellvertretendes Mitglied des Vorstandes, Produktion und Finanzen (full member from 1 October 2026)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Germany
- Deutsche Bundesbank Central bankPrudential supervisor
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The supervisory board appointed Michael Kahl to the management board, subject to BaFin approval. He is to take over retail customers in autumn 2026.
boersen-zeitung.de ↗ -
Leadership
The bank announced that Rainer Virnich retires on 30 September 2026. Cathrin Dauven succeeds him as board member for operations and finance on 1 October 2026.
koelner.de ↗ -
Leadership
Management board member Sonja Hausmann, responsible for retail customers, left the board on 31 January 2026 under an agreement reached in December 2025.
sparkasse-koelnbonn.de ↗ -
Other
The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) withdrew its model declaratory action over account fees after a settlement with the bank.
verbraucherzentrale.de ↗ -
Licence
BaFin permitted the bank to use the IRB approach for credit risk from 1 January 2025, covering corporate and retail exposures.
sparkasse-koelnbonn.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
- COLSDE33XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- COLSBank
- DECountry · Germany
- 33Location
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 5299001ADI8FLGT0GU28
- 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 37050198 + 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
- 2005
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
- HAHNENSTRASSE 57 KOELN 50667 10-35-44 GERMANY
- Operational address
- HAHNENSTRASSE 57 KOELN 50667 KOELN POB 10 35 44 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>COLSDE33XXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>37050198</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>5299001ADI8FLGT0GU28</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>COLSDE33XXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>37050198</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>5299001ADI8FLGT0GU28</LEI>
<Nm>SPARKASSE KOELNBONN</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>KOELN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>HAHNENSTRASSE 57 KOELN 50667 10-35-44</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
2 codes valid until 2026-12-06 · ISO 20022 clearing system code DEBLZ
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37050198 | COLSDE33XXX | Sparkasse KölnBonn | Köln |
| 38050000 | COLSDE33BON | Sparkasse Bonn -alt- | Bonn |
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 network
All 3 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Koeln, and no function or registration year splits them further.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLSDE33084 | — | Koeln | HAHNENSTRASSE 57 KOELN 50667 KOELN GERMANY | — | 2019-02-02 |
| COLSDE33232 | — | Koeln | HAHNENSTRASSE 57 KOELN 50667 KOELN GERMANY | — | 2019-02-02 |
| COLSDE33BON | FILIALE BONN | Koeln | HAHNENSTRASSE 57 KOELN 50667 KOELN GERMANY | — | 2019-02-02 |
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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).
- 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-koelnbonn.de (official website) · original; Ulrich Voigt: sparkasse-koelnbonn.de (official website) · original; Rainer Virnich: sparkasse-koelnbonn.de (official website) · original; Dr. Andreas Dartsch: sparkasse-koelnbonn.de (official website) · original; Cathrin Dauven: sparkasse-koelnbonn.de (official website) · original.
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