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Commerzbank financed home of an incoming supervisory board member
2026-10-16 · Market · DE · Source: Spiegel, retrieved on 2026-10-19
According to research by SPIEGEL, Commerzbank granted Harald Christ a home loan. At that time it was already known that he would join the bank's supervisory board. The report raises the question of whether he received more favourable terms.
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