Düsseldorf Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Financial center === The city is an important [[financial center]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Finke|first=Tobias Rafael|date=2016|title=Deutschland, deine Finanzplätze|journal=Die Bank – Zeitschrift für Bankpolitik und Praxis|volume=8|pages=18–22}}</ref> More than 30,000 people work for the financial and insurance sector in Düsseldorf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/nn_217688/Statischer-Content/Rubriken/Beschaeftigung/Beschaeftigte/Beschaeftigte-nach-Regionen-Kreise-kreisefreie-Staedte-und-Agenturen-fuer-Arbeit.html|title=Regionalreport über Beschäftigte – Kreise und Agenturen für Arbeit|date=2019|access-date=2 November 2019|archive-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102220019/https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/nn_217688/Statischer-Content/Rubriken/Beschaeftigung/Beschaeftigte/Beschaeftigte-nach-Regionen-Kreise-kreisefreie-Staedte-und-Agenturen-fuer-Arbeit.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are around 170 national and [[global financial system|international financial institutions]], and about 130 insurance agencies, and one of Germany's eight [[stock exchange]]s. [[HSBC Trinkaus|HSBC]] has its German headquarters in Düsseldorf and employs 3.000 people. [[NRW.BANK]] is a development bank of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the largest state development bank in Germany. NRW.BANK was spun off from [[Portigon Financial Services|WestLB]] in 2002. Today [[Deutsche Bank]] and [[Commerzbank]] have major branches in Düsseldorf with about 2.000 employees. Düsseldorf is also the most important German financial center for Japanese credit institutions. [[MUFG Bank]], [[Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation|SMBC]] and [[Mizuho Bank|Mizuho]] have their German headquarters in Düsseldorf. Also [[Santander Consumer Bank (Deutschland)|Santander]] has its German headquarters in the Düsseldorf region. Some major insurance companies like [[ERGO Group|ERGO]], a subsidiary of [[Munich Re]], and [[ARAG SE|ARAG]] are located in the city. Several other major financial service companies have their headquarters in the city. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page