The National Association of German Cooperative Banks (BVR) is the umbrella association for the cooperative banking sector in ... Germany. The BVR's organizational structure reflects the main functional areas of its member banks: market, production, and strategic planning/management. Other areas of focus are the protection scheme, economics, legal affairs and tax law, business policy, and media/communications. The BVR is represented on the supervisory bodies of the large companies in the Cooperative Financial Network, thereby ensuring that they have the same strategic direction. read more