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KD Bank currently has 250 employees, and in the last year, 2023, they achieved a net profit of 11.8 million euros. The majority of ownership shares are held by members of church institutions and this brings them a dividend of about four percent. KD Bank has around 28,000 private clients. The share of
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KD Bank has a capital of around seven billion euros and is one of the largest cooperative banks in
Germany. Ekkehard Thiesler, president of the Management Board of KD Bank, said that since its foundation, the focus of the bank's activities has not changed: "crediting projects of the Church and
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