page_title: Deutsche Kreditbank
section_title: Sponsoring
hierarchical_section_title: Deutsche Kreditbank / Sponsoring
caption_attribution_description: Japanese biathlete Tatsumi Kasahara during the World Championships in Östersund 2008.
context_page_description: Deutsche Kreditbank is a German Direct bank, fully owned by the Bayerische Landesbank.
  The bank is located in Berlin and its infrastructure with a small number of branches and the focus on a selected group of customers in the areas of private clients, business clients and public clients are part of the banks corporate strategy.
context_section_description: To focus its social activities the DKB founded the DKB foundation for social engagement (DKB Stiftung für gesellschaftliches Engagement) in October 2004. The foundation runs heritage-protected sites such as Schloss Liebenberg. Since 2002 the bank supports German top athletes, sports clubs and leagues. Athletes from the areas winter sports and athletic sports form the DKB team. In Berlin the bank is sponsoring partner of the sports teams Hertha BSC, Alba Berlin, Eisbären Berlin, Füchse Berlin and Berlin Recycling Volleys. 
  Since 2007 the bank is name giver for the Oberhofer biathlon stadium, the DKB-Ski-Arena. Until 2009 the DKB was main sponsor for the ISTAF Berlin (athletics) and name giver for the DKB-Riders Tour (show jumping). Since the season 2012/2013 the DKB is name sponsor to the Handball-Bundesliga as well as to the 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam women football club.
  In 2017 the bank bought the exclusive live broadcasting rights of the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship for Germany after various negotiations of internet provider and TV-channels with the rights owner beIN Media Group failed. The championship matches of the Germany national handball team were broadcast live via internet. It was the first time in Germany that a major sports event was broadcast by a single sponsor. Over the duration of the event over 6 million visits to the website were recorded.
caption: Sponsored Biathlete Tatsumi Kasahara
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