The ''Österreichischer Sparkassenverband'' (ÖSPV) is the national representative body of the

Sparkassengruppe Österreich The ''Sparkassengruppe Österreich'' () brings together all savings banks () in Austria. Tracing its origins to 1819, it serves around 4 million customers in 797 branches with more than 15,500 employees, with a customer share in Austria around 31 ...

, acting as a trade association.

History

The first regional association of savings banks in Austria was created in 1899 in

Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

, followed by the other crown lands until all were covered by 1905. Also in 1905, the was established in Vienna. It and operated under that name until

Anschluss The (, or , ), also known as the (, ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a "German Question, Greater Germany") arose after t ...

in 1938. It was reformed in 1946 as the , and adopted its current name in 2000. From 1947, it has been a sub-organization of the

Austrian Economic Chamber The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber ( de: ''Wirtschaftskammer Österreich'' or WKO) functions as the federal parent organization for the nine State Chambers and 110 trade associations for different industries within Austria's system of economy. ...

Overview

The Sparkassenverband is registered as an Austrian

eingetragener Verein An (; "registered association" or "incorporated association"), abbreviated (), is a legal status for a civil registration, registered voluntary association in Germany. While any group may be called a , registration as confers many legal bene ...

and is a member of the European Savings Banks Group and of the

World Savings Banks Institute The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute is an international banking association. It has nearly 100 members in 80 countries around the world, representing approximately 6,760 savings and retail banks. WSBI is the global representative of i ...

as well as the . It publishes a periodical every two months, .

Membership

The association's members are

Erste Group Bank Erste Group Bank AG (shortened version Erste Group) is an Austrian financial service provider. It is one of the largest financial service providers in Central and Eastern Europe serving more than 16 million clients in over 2,000 branches in seven ...

, Erste Bank Österreich, Die Zweite Sparkasse, 46 local savings banks outside of Vienna, and seven associations () that bring the former together on a regional basis. The "participation-managing savings bank" (, Sparkassen foundations, the group audit organization (), and the "Verbundpartner" are cooperation partners of the Sparkassenverband. The seven regional associations (as of early 2024) are in Vienna (3 members, namely Erste Group Bank, Erste Group Österreich, and Zweite Sparkasse),

(16 members),

Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...

(9 members),

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

(2 members),

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

(8 members),

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

(5 members),

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

(4 members) and

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

(2 members).

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