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About VR-Bank Passau eG

VR-Bank Passau eG is a regional cooperative bank based in Lower Bavaria that operates under the legal form of an eingetragene Genossenschaft (eG) and is part of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken network. It serves private customers, self-employed clients, and SMEs with standard retail and business banking services, including current accounts, savings products, consumer and mortgage financing, overdrafts, and corporate lending. Payment services cover SEPA transfers and standing orders, girocard issuance, and optional Mastercard or Visa credit cards provided through the cooperative financial network; point-of-sale and e-commerce acquiring solutions are available via VR Payment. Customers can access cash through the nationwide BankCard ServiceNetz of cooperative ATMs; out-of-network withdrawals follow the bank’s published fee schedule. Digital channels include online banking, a mobile banking app with strong customer authentication, secure in-app messaging, and an electronic document mailbox; online onboarding is available for selected products subject to identification requirements under German KYC rules. The bank offers investment custody and brokerage and provides access to funds and structured products via partners such as DZ BANK and Union Investment, as well as building society contracts via Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, insurance via R+V, and leasing or factoring solutions through cooperative-group providers. Fees and interest conditions vary by account or product model and are set out in the Preis- und Leistungsverzeichnis; business accounts typically use itemized pricing for transactions and cash services. VR-Bank Passau eG is supervised by BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank, and deposits are protected by the BVR Institutssicherung GmbH (the statutory institutional protection scheme) with an additional protection arrangement maintained by the BVR network. Cross-border payments within SEPA are supported; non-SEPA transfers are executed via correspondent banks.