Volksbank eG Gera . Jena . Rudolstadt products, services and reviews

About Volksbank eG Gera . Jena . Rudolstadt

Volksbank eG Gera . Jena . Rudolstadt is a regional cooperative bank (eingetragene Genossenschaft) serving private and business clients in and around Gera, Jena, and Rudolstadt in Thuringia. The institution provides current accounts with package-based pricing, savings and time-deposit options, payment services (SEPA transfers, standing orders, direct debits), and cards for domestic and international use; cash access is available at its own ATMs and within the BankCard ServiceNetz of the cooperative group. Digital access includes online banking and the VR Banking App with two-factor authentication (e.g., app-based TAN or chip-TAN), electronic statements, and support for common mobile wallets. Lending covers overdrafts, consumer loans, car finance, and real estate financing; building-savings contracts are typically arranged via Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, and public program loans (such as KfW) can be integrated where eligible. For investments and insurance, the bank distributes products from the Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe, including Union Investment funds, securities custody and brokerage, and R+V Versicherung policies; additional partners in the group provide certificates and capital markets products (DZ BANK) and leasing or factoring solutions for businesses. Corporate banking includes business accounts, cash management, merchant acceptance (POS and e-commerce), corporate cards, and financing for working capital and capital expenditure, with access to specialized real estate capabilities within the group if required. Customers may acquire cooperative shares and, as members, hold voting rights at the general meeting; any dividend on shares depends on the bank’s annual result. The bank is supervised by BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank; deposits are protected by the German statutory deposit guarantee up to 100,000 EUR per depositor and by the BVR institutional protection scheme designed to prevent bank insolvency. Fees, rates, and eligibility criteria are set out in the bank’s Preis- und Leistungsverzeichnis and apply according to the defined regional business area; identification can be completed in branch or via established remote procedures.