Landesbank Helaba

German bank owned by the states of Hesse and Thuringia

Landesbank Helaba, short for Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen, is a commercial bank with core regions in Hesse and Thuringia, Germany offering financial services to companies, banks, institutional investors and the public sector, both within Germany and internationally. At the same time, it is the central clearing institution and service provider for 40 percent of German savings banks. Helaba is an institution incorporated under public law. With approximately 6,300 employees and two headquarters in Frankfurt and Erfurt, the bank maintains branches in Düsseldorf and Kassel as well as offices in Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich and Muenster. On an international level, Helaba acts through branches and representative offices in Paris, London, New York, Madrid, Moscow, Shanghai, and Singapore. Frankfurter Sparkasse, the leading retail bank in the Rhine-Main region, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Helaba. The Helaba Group also comprises the online bank 1822direkt, LBS Hessen-Thüringen and WIBank. The latter implements development programmes of the State of Hesse. Further Helaba subsidiaries are Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft, Frankfurter Bankgesellschaft and the OFB Group (Real estate development).

Helaba - Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
Company typeInstitution incorporated under public law
IndustryFinance
PredecessorHessische Landes-Hypothekenbank
Hessische Landesbank - Staatsbank
Landeskommunalbank - Girozentrale für Hessen
Landeskreditkasse zu Kassel Edit this on Wikidata
FoundedJune 1, 1953
Defunct1953 Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersFrankfurt and Erfurt, Germany
Key people
Herbert Hans Grüntker, CEO of Helaba
Total assets 172 billion (2015)
Number of employees
6,150 (2015)
Websitewww.helaba.com