Volksbank eG Braunschweig Wolfsburg products, services and reviews

About Volksbank eG Braunschweig Wolfsburg

Volksbank eG Braunschweig Wolfsburg, commonly appearing under the brand Volksbank BraWo, is a regional German cooperative bank serving the Braunschweig and Wolfsburg area and surrounding districts. It is part of the Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken and works with group partners such as DZ BANK (central institution), Union Investment (funds), R+V Versicherung (insurance), Schwäbisch Hall (building society), and VR Payment (merchant services). The bank provides standard retail and business banking services including current accounts, savings and term deposits, cards, consumer loans, mortgages, securities custody and brokerage via the cooperative network, and financing solutions for SMEs and self-employed clients; leasing and factoring are available through affiliated providers in the group. Access is offered through local branches and advisory centers, online banking, and the VR BankingApp; authentication typically uses SecureGo plus or chipTAN. Cardholders have contactless payments and support for common mobile wallets for eligible cards; cash services are available via its locations and the nationwide BankCard ServiceNetz of the cooperative alliance. For merchants, POS terminals, e-commerce acquiring, and related services are provided via VR Payment. Customers can become members by acquiring cooperative shares, with voting rights at the members’ meeting and a dividend subject to annual resolution. Pricing follows account and service packages with published conditions in the schedule of prices and services; student and youth options are generally available with differentiated terms. The bank is supervised by BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank and is affiliated with the BVR institutional protection scheme; statutory deposit protection applies up to 100,000 euros per depositor, per bank, with the sector’s institutional protection designed to prevent insolvency of member institutions. Primary service language is German, and the bank’s communications and documentation are tailored to its regional market.