Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe

Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe
Company type	Public banking group
Industry	Financial services
Founded	18th century: first Sparkassen; 1884: Deutscher Sparkassenverband; 1924: DSGV; 1975: Institutional Protection Scheme
Headquarters	Germany
Key people	Helmut Schleweis, Sparkassenpräsident since 2018
Products	Retail banking; corporate banking; investment banking; insurance; private banking; private equity; mortgage loans; credit cards; investment management; wealth management; asset management; mutual funds; exchange-traded funds; index funds;
Total assets	€2.492,8 billions (2023)
Website	sparkasse.de

The Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe ("Savings Banks Financial Group") is a network of public banks that together form the largest financial services group in Germany and Europe by assets. Its name refers to local government-controlled savings banks that are known in German as Sparkasse, plural Sparkassen. Its activity is overwhelmingly located in Germany.