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34.98.101.189 belongs to GOOGL-2 / Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA). Primary db.com host is on Google Cloud Platform (AS396982 GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM).
GLEIF: LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 / DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, DE jurisdiction, HRB 30000, legal form 6QQB (AG / Aktiengesellschaft), creation date 1952-11-10 (re-establishment), 73 BIC codes spanning 30+ countries (DEUTDEFFXXX Frankfurt primary, DEUTUS33XXX, DEUTGB22XXX UK, DEUTHKHHXXX, DEUTJPJTXXX, DEUTSGSGXXX, DEUTINBBXXX...). S&P Global ID 410467. OCID de/M1201_HRB30000. 326 direct children entities (page 1/4). 11 M&A event groups recorded; latest 2025-08-05.
SEC EDGAR CIK 0001159508 'DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT', SIC 6022 'State Commercial Banks', tickers DB DGP DGZ DZZ (NYSE) + ADZCF DEENF OLOXF (OTC). US business address: 1 Columbus Circle 19th Floor, New York NY 10019, phone +1-212-250-1306, 'Deutsche Bank AG - Legal Department'. Category: Large accelerated filer.
Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt. It is dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Wikidata Q66048. Founded 1870 in Berlin (Prussian banking license 1870-03-10, opened 1870-04-09, co-founder Adelbert Delbrück). Merged with Disconto-Gesellschaft 1929-1937 ('Deutsche Bank und Disconto'). Wikipedia image: Deutsche_Bank_Taunusanlage.jpg.
Taunusanlage 12, 60325 Frankfurt am Main = Deutsche-Bank-Hochhaus (Twin Towers / Deutsche Bank Headquarters). OSM way 174461753. Coordinates 50.1137472, 8.6679963. Wikidata Q701538. Height 22m segment; building completed 1984. Building name on OSM: 'Deutsche-Bank-Hochhaus'. Alt name 'Deutsche Bank Twin Towers'.
1 Columbus Circle, New York NY 10019 -> 'Deutsche Bank Center' (Wikidata Q842578, formerly Time Warner Center). Coordinates 40.7674614, -73.9818911. Developed by Related Companies + Apollo Global Management, designed by SOM (David Childs + Mustafa Kemal Abadan).
21 Moorfields, City of London EC2Y 9AA - Deutsche Bank London headquarters building, opened 2021-07-05. OSM way 962005583. Coords 51.5184022, -0.0895974.
2 Peekay Drive, Clifton NJ 07014 = 'Digital Realty New Jersey EWR21' data center (operator Digital Realty Q5275969). DB-1 ARIN admin contact registered at this colocation facility. Coords 40.8305858, -74.1245144.
Mainzer Landstraße 11-17, 60329 Frankfurt am Main = 'Deutsche Bank Campus' (DWS Group HQ + DB office). 8 stories glass, opened 2016-09-01. Coords 50.1118044, 8.6670655.
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles CA 90067 = 'SunAmerica Center' (Wikidata Q602277). 40 stories, 164.9m, built 1990. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company HQ. Coords 34.0586470, -118.4166661.
60 Wall Street, Financial District, Lower Manhattan NY 10005 (Wikidata Q247887, en:60_Wall_Street). Built 1989. Coords 40.7061731, -74.0085162. Deutsche Bank Capital Trust I HQ + 'DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS COLLATERAL AGENT' addressed here. Historic DB NY office.
Christian Sewing - German banker (born 1970, Wikidata Q51641672), CEO Deutsche Bank since April 2018, Management Board member since 2015-01-01. Joined DB 1989 as apprentice. Bloomberg 2025-03-28: 'on track to becoming Deutsche Bank AG's longest-serving sole chief executive officer since the firm was put together'. Image: Christian_Sewing_at_the_World_Economic_Forum.jpg.
Alexander Rijn Wynaendts (Wikidata Q22317597), Dutch businessman born 1960 Almelo NL, residence The Hague. CEO and chairman of Aegon N.V. 2008-2020 (12-year tenure). Elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG in May 2022. Re-nominated 2025-11-05 for re-election at 2026 AGM (2026-05-28). Reported highest-paid DAX chair (FT 2025-12). Met UAE Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai 2025-11-28.
Deutsche Bank Management Board (2026): Christian Sewing (Chairman/CEO), James von Moltke (Deputy Chairman, outgoing CFO), Raja Akram (incoming CFO from Morgan Stanley, announced 2025-03-27), Fabrizio Campelli (President, head of Corporate and Investment Bank), Stefan Hoops (CEO DWS Group; MB starting 2026), Marie-Jeanne Deverdun, Claudio de Sanctis (head of Private Bank), Rebecca Short. General Counsel Simone Kämpfer (effective 2025-09-14).
Anshuman 'Anshu' Jain (Wikidata Q569798), Indian-born British executive 1963-2022 (deceased). Global co-CEO and co-Chairman of Deutsche Bank June 2012 - July 2015. MB member. Previously head of DB Corporate and Investment Bank. President of Cantor Fitzgerald 2017-2022. Remained DB consultant until January 2016. BaFin cleared him 2015-07-25 of misleading regulators over LIBOR rigging. Ensnared in Cum-Ex widening probe (2019, per Gulf Times).
Josef Meinrad Ackermann (Wikidata Q123873), Swiss banker, former chairman of Bank of Cyprus, former CEO of Deutsche Bank (2002-2012). Member of the Washington-based Group of Thirty financial advisory body. Listed among ~70 current/former DB employees facing Cologne CPP cum-ex probe scrutiny (2019).
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (Wikidata Q1156210), German asset management company. Previously part of Deutsche Bank until 2018 IPO on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Frankfurt. Constituent member of MDAX index. Deutsche Bank holds a majority stake via DB Beteiligungs-Holding GmbH.
GLEIF LEI 529900VM3464806ERS69 / 'DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA', DE jurisdiction, HRB 111128, legal form T0YJ (KGaA), creation 2016-06-29, address Mainzer Landstraße 11-17, 60329 Frankfurt am Main. S&P Global ID 538321028.
GLEIF LEI 8EWQ2UQKS07AKK8ANH81 / 'DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS', US-NY, NY charter 623, creation date 1903-03-04 (122-year-old NY entity), BIC BKTRUS33XXX, HQ 1 Columbus Circle New York NY 10019. Multiple address changes in 2024-2026 (Feb 2024 x2, May 2026).
GLEIF LEI 529900U7AT9B9UMLXG16 / 'Deutsche Bank National Trust Company', US, registered as #18608, creation 1986-05-31, BIC TRCCUS61XXX, HQ 1999 Avenue of the Stars 37th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90067. Active as MBS trustee in numerous foreclosure cases per GovInfo USCOURTS.
GLEIF LEI 529900JA77IQLWAUIY31 / 'Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation', US-NY, registered 187205, creation 1965-12-04, HQ 1 Columbus Circle New York NY 10019, S&P Global ID 170505. Legal address c/o C T Corporation System.
GLEIF LEI 529900M5R358Y7RFZC10 / 'DWS GROUP SERVICES UK LIMITED', Companies House 01942565, creation 1985-08-27, HQ moved to 21 Moorfields London EC2Y 9DB on 2024-07-11 (same building as Deutsche Bank London).
DOJ 2017-01-17: 'Deutsche Bank Agrees to Pay $7.2 Billion for Misleading Investors in its Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities'. Settlement = $3.1B civil penalty + $4.1B consumer relief for misleading investors on RMBS sales pre-2008 financial crisis.
Fox Business 2023-05-18: 'Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit brought by women who say they were abused by late financier Jeffrey Epstein'.
NYDFS 2020-07-06: $150M Epstein-related fine on Deutsche Bank. Notes Epstein used 'a trust account and various other accounts to send more than 120 wires totaling' substantial sums. Names Southern Financial LLC = wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Trust Company Inc. DB acquired Bankers Trust in 1999 (Epstein's prior bank).
Fortune 2026-05-17 'The Butterfly Trust: How Deutsche Bank maintained Jeffrey Epstein as a client until he was arrested'. 'The bank said it fired Epstein as a client in 2018. In reality, it kept his accounts open until after he was jailed in 2019.' DB internal records list Epstein's occupation as 'President of Southern Financial LLC'; describe Indyke; Richard Kahn = 'controlling person of Southern Financial LLC'.
Reuters 2026-02-12 'Likes to have cash: Inside Deutsche Bank's slow split from Epstein'. DB continued to provide services for Jeffrey Epstein after telling him in late 2018 it would end the relationship.
Senator Ron Wyden 2025-09-03: 'As Bessent Withholds Epstein Files, Wyden Expands Investigation and Demands Financial Records'. Wyden Senate Finance Cmte lists entities incl. Southern Financial LLC, Haze Trust, Environmental Solutions Worldwide, and banks Deutsche Bank (and subsidiaries) + Bank of America. S.2746 (119th Congress) introduced to compel records.
NYT 2019-03-18: 'Deutsche Bank's hunger for profits and risk led it to lend Donald Trump more than $2 billion. Once he was elected president, employees were [...]'. Deutsche Bank loaned Donald Trump >$2 billion across two decades for Trump projects, despite internal red flags about his finances.
Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG (No. 19-760, US Supreme Court). Vacated and remanded 7-2 on 2020-07-09; opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion. Case concerned House Financial Services / Intel Cmtes subpoenas of Trump bank records held by Deutsche Bank.
Reuters 2021-05-10: '1MDB is claiming $1.11 billion from Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Bhd'. Among individuals implicated in 1MDB: former Malaysian PM Najib Razak (founder of 1MDB), Jho Low. Malaysia sued JPMorgan's Swiss unit, Deutsche Bank, and NatWest's Coutts in 2021. JPMorgan settled for $330M in August 2025.
Malay Mail 2025-04-21: 'Najib's trial: Deutsche Bank's ex-CEO says Bank Negara left it to 1MDB in US$700m switch, no red flags found'. Former DB Malaysia MD Jacqueline Ho Yek Wan testified as prosecution witness; 'asked then 1MDB' about beneficial owner names. 1MDB country manager named as Yusof Annuar Yaacob.
Bloomberg Tax (2019): 'Deutsche Bank AG said five former management board members are under investigation for tax evasion, days after the first two bankers were convicted'. Cologne Public Prosecutor probe.
Gulf Times 2019-06-09: 'Deutsche Bank AG investment-banking head Garth Ritchie and former co-chief executive officer Anshu Jain were swept into a widening German probe on dividend tax'. Cum-Ex.
Daily Maverick 2022-10-18: 'German authorities raided Deutsche Bank AG's headquarters as well as the home of former co-chief executive officer, Juergen Fitschen' in connection with Cum-Ex investigation. Frankfurt HQ search by Cologne CPP.
Euronews 2022-09-19: 'Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Germany's Warburg Group and Deutsche Bank will pay 60 million euros ($59.85 million) to German tax [authorities]' over cum-ex tax-fraud settlement.
FT 2026-04-17: 'Deutsche Bank alerts regulators to potential Russia sanctions lapses'. 'German bank found it had accepted deposits of more than €100,000 from individuals subject to EU sanctions restrictions' in its retail unit. Self-report.
OFSI Penalty Notice (HM Treasury, UK): 'On 30 April 2026 the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, imposed a penalty of £165,000.00 on Deutsche Bank AG London Branch (DBLB)' for processing 2 transactions in breach of Russia sanctions regime ~4 years prior; payments linked to Russian streaming platform Okko. 'DBLB failed to adequately identify that the recipient entity was owned or controlled by a designated person'.
SEC 2023-09-25: DWS (Deutsche Bank subsidiary) agreed to $19M fine to settle ESG misstatement charges - the largest-ever greenwashing penalty imposed on an asset manager by the SEC. Total SEC settlement $25M (includes $25M AML violations). Per Reuters 2025-04-02 + DandODiary 2025-04-06: DWS additionally agreed to pay €25M ($27M) fine to settle German prosecutor greenwashing case.
WSJ 2026-05: SEC denied a whistleblower award to Desiree Fixler, a former Deutsche Bank executive (ex-DWS Head of Sustainability), for first reporting her claims to the media before the SEC. Award: $0.
DB 2023-10-13: 'Deutsche Bank Completes Acquisition of Numis [Corporation Plc]'. £410M (~$511M) deal announced 2023-04-28, 72% premium. Cut Numis valuation by ~€233M in May 2024 (Euronews 2024-05-28); shut Numis US operations.
DB 2024-08-21: 'Deutsche Bank reaches settlements with a large share of the plaintiffs in Postbank takeover litigation matter'. Settled with >80 plaintiffs (~60% of total claims). 2024-09-05: settled with last major plaintiff Effecten-Spiegel AG (€36.50/share additional). 2024-10-23: lost court ruling; released €430M provision into Q3 2024 pre-tax profit. Aggregate exposure had been €1.3B per April 2024 disclosure.
Bloomberg 2026-02-12: 'Deutsche Bank AG has settled a lawsuit with Michele Foresti, a former manager who claimed he was wrongfully blamed for the Monte dei Paschi [...]' derivatives scandal.
Bloomberg 2026-03-12: 'Deutsche Bank AG flagged a €26 billion ($30 billion) exposure to private credit'. ~5.4% of customer loans, 1.8% of total assets. Per S&P 2026-05-13: '€19 billion (73%) is lender financing exposure' to private-credit funds (Apollo / Blackstone / KKR / Ares family). Stock down 22% YTD March 2026.
DB 2026-01-29 FY2025 results: net revenues €32.1B (+7% YoY). Net profit doubled to €7.1B. Q1 2026 profit before tax €3.0B. 2026 ambition: revenues ~€33B. New 2028 strategic plan in progress.
Bloomberg 2026-05-12: 'Deutsche Bank, Nasdaq Back Crypto Firm Elliptic in $120 Million Round'. Funding round backed by Deutsche Bank AG, Nasdaq Ventures, One Peak, British Business Bank.
ESG Today 2026-02-11: Deutsche Bank issued first European Green Bond under EuGB 'Gold Standard', €500M (~$594M), refinances assets in DB green-buildings portfolio.
ICIJ Offshore Leaks reconcile (query 'Deutsche Bank'): Panama/Paradise/Offshore Leaks confirmed entries — Deutsche Bank (Mauritius) Limited (id 180226), Deutsche Bank - Bangkok Branch (180222), Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong (180225), Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch (180227), Deutsche Bank - Joy Hsu (180459), Deutsche Bank International Trust Company (180138), Deutsche Bank International Trust Co. Limited (180137), DEUTSCHE BANK (MALTA) LTD (55033580 Paradise Papers - Malta), DEUTSCHE INVESTME[...]
USAspending 7 DB recipient profiles: DEUTSCHE BANK AG, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, DEUTSCHE BANK NEW YORK BRANCH, DEUTSCHE BANK, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK, DEUTSCHE BANK BERKSHIRE MORTGAGE, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST CO AMERICAS.
URLScan: 8,154 historic scans on db.com apex. New subdomains surfaced: securewebmail.db.com (domainAgeDays 4232), country.db.com (Q hosted on Google Cloud), research.db.com (hosted on Markit On Demand AS7334, PTR research.ctc.db.markitondemand.com — DB Research outsourced to Markit/IHS infrastructure), corporates.db.com (Google Cloud AS396982), palaispopulaire.db.com, conferences.db.com (European Leveraged Finance Conference 2026 host), brand.db.com (hosted by Frontify on AWS Frankfurt). Pa[...]
Postbank (Wikidata Q708835), retail-banking branch of Deutsche Bank. Formed from demerger of Deutsche Bundespost's postal savings division 1990. Since May 2018 operates as a Deutsche Bank retail brand. Serves 13M customers in ~1,000 branches and 700 advisory centers.
Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak (Wikidata Q57675), Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia 2009-2018. Son of former PM Abdul Razak Hussein. Chairman of Barisan Nasional coalition April 2009-May 2018; President of UMNO November 2008-May 2018.
Taek Jho Low (Wikidata Q12696236), Malaysian businessman and fugitive (born 1981), wanted by Interpol since 2016 for key role in the 1MDB scandal. Alleged to have stolen >US$4.5 billion from state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
Jeffrey Edward Epstein (Wikidata Q2904131, 1953-2019), American financier and child sex offender. Began as Dalton School math teacher; entered banking/finance. 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution. 2019 indictment for sex trafficking minors. Died in custody pre-trial; ruled suicide.
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (Wikidata Q21005940). DOJ declared it 'the largest kleptocracy case to date' in 2016. Began 2009 in Malaysia; global corruption + money laundering conspiracy.
EQS News 2026-05-26 (Schirp & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB): Counter-motion to Deutsche Bank AGM (2026-05-28). Shareholders call on Ernst & Young (DB's proposed reappointed auditor) to take responsibility for the Wirecard scandal. Counter-motion already filed; to be presented orally 2026-05-28.
FT 2026-05: 'Deutsche Bank denies training bankers to manipulate markets'. Bank stated: 'We reject the claim and are defending ourselves against it. The bank had, and still has, a very clear market conduct policy [...]'.
Reuters 2020-09-24: Danske Bank and Deutsche Bank channelled suspicious money through Lithuania. DB was major USD correspondent for Danske Estonia branch in $234B money-laundering scandal. House Financial Services Cmte (McHenry, 2019-01-24): 'From 2007 until 2015, Deutsche Bank leveraged its [...]' role in money laundering schemes including the Mirror Trades scheme (Moscow office 2011-2015, ~$10B Russian funds laundered via paired buy-Moscow/sell-London equities).
Deutsche Bank has reached a $21.9 million settlement in a 401(k) self-dealing lawsuit alleging the investment bank enriched itself at the expense of its employees.
JPMorgan to pay $330M to settle 1MDB claims (Banking Dive 2025-08-22). 'Malaysia sued JPMorgan's Swiss unit – along with similar units of Deutsche Bank and NatWest's private bank Coutts – in civil court in 2021.' Goldman Sachs separately paid 1MDB-related settlements.