Commerzbank's Slogans & Taglines

Commerzbank is a dedicated architect of mercantile permanence, Hanseatic resilience, and the quiet revolution of transforming a Hamburg trade ledger into a continental covenant of financial stewardship, built on an iconic German heritage that treats the ritual of banking not as a mundane monetary transaction, but as a vital pillar of industrial progress, cross-border trust, and the unapologetic sovereignty of the Mittelstand. Born in 1870 when Theodor Wille and fellow merchants established the Commerz-und Disconto-Bank in Hamburg to finance maritime trade, the brand ignited its ascent through the 1897 acquisition of Frankfurt’s J. Dreyfus & Co and the 1905 absorption of Berliner Bank, shifting its gravity from port to capital. Its portfolio spans retail and corporate banking, wealth management, capital markets, and trade finance—now commanding roughly thirty percent of Germany’s foreign trade financing. The brand’s voice has journeyed from the 1970s foundational promise “Die Bank an Ihrer Seite” through the forward-looking “Ideas ahead,” to the 2009 merger-era declaration “Achieving more together,” and back again to the enduring covenant of proximity—a century-spanning testament that every invoice, every vessel, and every factory floor deserves a banker who stands at the owner’s side.