Germany · Payments & e-money
Volkswagen Leasing Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Volkswagen Leasing GmbH is a limited liability company in Braunschweig, Germany, that leases new and used Volkswagen Group vehicles to business and private customers. BaFin authorises it as a financial services institution for finance leasing and factoring under the German Banking Act (KWG). Since 1 July 2024 BaFin has also authorised it as a payment institution for acquiring and money remittance, which the firm describes as of minor importance to its business. Since the same date it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Bank GmbH, within the Volkswagen Financial Services AG group of Volkswagen AG.
Licences and registrations
Held by Volkswagen Leasing Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (LEI 5299004GLEUX88BSNB74). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBA PSD2 RegisterFederal Financial Supervisory Authority | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 121837 | Germany | Active | 2024-07-01 | — |
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- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Volkswagen Bank GmbH
Firm type
Other
Trades as Volkswagen Financial Services (VW FS)
- Ownership
- Volkswagen Bank GmbH has owned 100% of the firm since 1 July 2024 under a control and profit-and-loss transfer agreement, within the Volkswagen Financial Services AG group, and Volkswagen AG consolidates it.
- Direct parent
- Volkswagen Bank GmbH, Germany 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Volkswagen AG, Germany
- Head office
- Gifhorner Straße 57, 38112 Braunschweig, Germany
- Company register
- Amtsgericht Braunschweig HRB 1858
- Incorporated
- 1966
Online
- Websites & references
- vwfs.de ↗
vwfs.com ↗ Group site with the entity's investor relations page, annual reports and legal notice
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- vwfs.com/content/dam/bluelabel/valid/www-vwfs-com/investor-relations/vw-leasing/gesch%C3%A4ftsberi
- vwfs.de/metaseiten/impressum.html
- vwfs.com/en/investor-relations/volkswagen-leasing-gmbh.html
- vwfs.de/
- vwfs.com/en/metaseiten/impressum.html
- onlinevertrieb.vwfs.de/lp/handel/imprint
- flotte.de/artikel/116/23590/manuela-voigt-neue-sprecherin-der-geschaftsfuhrung-der-volkswagen-leasi
- autohaus.de/nachrichten/schadenbusiness/volkswagen-leasing-geschaeftsfuehrung-stellt-sich-neu-auf-353
- de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Leasing
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
BaFin authorises the firm as a financial services institution for finance leasing and factoring under the KWG. Since 1 July 2024 it has also held a BaFin authorisation as a payment institution under the ZAG for acquiring and money remittance.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Payment institution (acquiring and money remittance under the ZAG) | 121837 | In its own name | Active | vwfs.com ↗ |
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Financial services institution under section 1(1a) KWG (finance leasing and factoring) | — | In its own name | Active | vwfs.com ↗ |
| Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Braunschweig Germany | Insurance agent licence under section 34d(1) GewO | D-2C7F-QDJXU-56 | In its own name | Active | onlinevertrieb.vwfs.de ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers finance and operating leases, fleet management and services such as maintenance, tyres and insurance for Volkswagen Group vehicles, mainly to business customers.
It serves customers mainly in Germany and, through its Italian branch, in Italy.
- Revenue
- EUR 30bn
- Payment volume
- EUR 586,000Volume of the 16,432 payment transactions the firm executed in 2025 under its ZAG authorisation
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Enterprises · Public sector · Consumers
- Serves customers in 2 countries
- Germany · Italy
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Manuela Voigt Chair of the Management Board (Sprecherin der Geschäftsführung), German Market
- Chair
- Anthony Bandmann Chair of the Supervisory Board
- Executive
- Oliver Roes Member of the Management Board, Back Office
- Executive
- Verena Roth Member of the Management Board, Sales German Market
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Oliver Roes joined the Management Board for Back Office on 1 April 2025, succeeding Hendrik Eggers, who left on 31 March 2025.
vwfs.com ↗ -
Other
BaFin granted a waiver under section 2a(2) KWG on 2 October 2024, moving most risk management to Volkswagen Bank GmbH.
vwfs.com ↗ -
Licence
BaFin authorised the firm as a payment institution under the ZAG for acquiring and money remittance with effect from 1 July 2024.
vwfs.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The Volkswagen Financial Services group made the firm a direct subsidiary of Volkswagen Bank GmbH with effect from 1 July 2024.
vwfs.com ↗ -
Leadership
Manuela Voigt became chair of the Management Board on 1 July 2024, succeeding Armin Villinger, and Verena Roth joined the board.
flotte.de ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 121837
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- 5e60beb26845
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- Licensed in
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2024-07-01
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
- Direct parent
- Volkswagen Financial Services Overseas AG · Germany529900USFSZYPS075O24 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft · Germany529900NNUPAGGOMPXZ31 ↗
The Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft group has 43 institutions in the directory, in 24 countries: 41 hold a BIC and 2 do not.
Including Volkswagen Bank GMBH, Volkswagen Bank GMBH, LOGPAY Financial Services GmbH, Porsche-Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Volkswagen Bank.
See the Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Gifhorner Straße 57 | 38112 Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 38112
- Country
- Germany
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in two address lines
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>5299004GLEUX88BSNB74</LEI>
<Nm>Volkswagen Leasing Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>38112</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Braunschweig</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Gifhorner Straße 57 | 38112</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>Braunschweig</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>- The address line repeats the town or postcode. Remove the repeat if your payment system rejects it.
- CBPR+ does not accept the characters ä ß in names and addresses. Transliterate before sending.
CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
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An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
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Read the methodology →Register for this page
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, 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.
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