First Steps in Berlin
To make it easier for you to get to know your new home, we have compiled some important information for you. The first steps are the essentials to ease you into your new home.
Account & Banking
Sending and saving money never was easier. Keep your money safe with online-banking and the Sparkasse app. Enjoy excellent conditions, a wide variety of services and even expert consultation with your Berliner Sparkasse.
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Relocation Guide
All you need to know about:
- Registration and residency permit
- Apartment or real estate purchase
- Account, banking and insurance
Open your bank account online in just a few steps.
Due to legal reasons, you cannot open your account online if your nationality is Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Cyprian another country outside the European Union. Please book an appointment at one of our branches.
All other citizens can proceed with the online process.
You have to be a resident of the Federal Republic of Germany to apply for an account online.
- Enter your personal details.
- Select current account model.
- Submit online order.
The legally required identification is done via eID or video identification in cooperation with our partner S-Markt & Mehrwert GmbH & Co. KG.