Walser private bank

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  Walser Privatbank AG
Country AustriaAustria Austria
Seat Hirschegg
legal form Stock company (registered shares; not listed)
Bank code 37434
BIC RANJAT2BXXX
founding 1894
Website www.walserprivatbank.com
Business data 2017
Employee 140
Offices 1 (Austria)
2 (Germany)
management
Board Florian Widmer (Chair)
Erhard Tschmelitsch
Regina Reitter
Walser Privatbank Germany - Düsseldorf

The Walser Private Bank is a bank based in Hirschegg in Austria. It was originally founded in 1894 as the regional "Savings and Loan Association Mittelberg". The business focus is now on private banking , especially for customers with assets of at least 300,000 euros from Germany. Due to its location in the Kleinwalsertal customs exclusion area , Walser Privatbank is a German economic area, but not the territory of the German customs authorities. "As a banking location, Kleinwalsertal benefited from Austrian banking secrecy for many years ."

Business activity

The company in the form of a stock corporation specializes in customers with liquid assets of more than 300,000 euros . The business volume is just under 2.9 billion euros (as of December 31, 2017). In addition to its headquarters in Kleinwalsertal (Austria), the bank has branches in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart . It employs around 140 people.

history

The bank was founded in 1894 as the "Savings and Loan Association Mittelberg" in Kleinwalsertal, Austria. In 1964 it was renamed "Raiffeisenbank Kleinwalsertal", and in 2010 it was renamed "Walser Privatbank AG". In 2011 branches were opened in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart.

In 2016 proceedings were initiated against bank employees on suspicion of aiding and abetting tax evasion . The Walser Privatbank paid a fine of over 5.4 million euros.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b query for bank code 37434. In: SEPA payments directory of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) . (Requires browser reloading.)
  2. ↑ a b https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/walser-privatbank-unsere-eigentuemerststruktur-ist-ein-vorteil/4159694.html
  3. ↑ Homepage Walser Privatbank: "Origin and Development"
  4. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung on October 4, 2016: "Old voluntary disclosures provide traces of new tax evaders"

Coordinates: 47 ° 21 ′ 26.5 ″  N , 10 ° 11 ′ 10.7 ″  E