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About Volksbank Riesa eG

Volksbank Riesa eG is a regional cooperative bank based in Riesa, Saxony, and part of the FinanzGruppe Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken. It operates a local branch footprint serving retail customers, self-employed professionals, and small and mid-sized enterprises in its catchment area. The product range covers current accounts (with account packages and optional overdrafts), savings and term deposits, consumer loans, residential mortgages, and business financing including working capital and investment loans; leasing and factoring are available via group partners. Investment services are provided through securities custody and brokerage with access to mutual funds (typically via Union Investment), while insurance products are distributed in cooperation with R+V Versicherung; building society savings and home financing modules are offered via Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall. Payment services include SEPA transfers and direct debits, girocard, and Visa/Mastercard options and merchant acquiring via VR Payment; cash access is available through the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken BankCard ServiceNetz. Digital channels comprise online banking and the VR Banking app with PSD2 strong customer authentication, secure messaging/e-postbox, and giropay; business clients can use EBICS for file-based payments. As an eingetragene Genossenschaft (eG), the bank is owned by its members, who can subscribe cooperative shares with voting rights; any dividend on shares is contingent on annual results and approvals. Deposits are protected up to EUR 100,000 per depositor under the statutory scheme via BVR Institutssicherung; the BVR institutional protection scheme provides an additional safety net for affiliated institutions. The bank is supervised by BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank and adheres to German risk and IT governance standards (e.g., MaRisk and BAIT). Pricing is set out in its schedule of fees; account models generally involve monthly charges and itemized transaction fees, with rates and conditions aligned to regional market practice.