Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
There are some banks that employ thousands of people, have billions in assets and are spread all over the world. Then there are some that have handful of workers, thousands in assets and operate in only couple of towns. But even these banks are much bigger than the bank in a German village.
Let's take a look at a bank that has just one employee.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
A view of the village of Gammesfeld in Baden Wuerttemberg, which has 500 residents and boasts Germany's smallest bank.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter, CEO of Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank, unlocks the door of the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg. The Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG cooperative bank is one of the country's smallest banks and is the only one to be run by just one member of staff.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter, CEO of Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank, hangs up the table of prices at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg. All banking duties are done by Breiter who records the daily business by hand, partly on paper. The bank is not connected to a database system, there are no automatic teller machines and its customer base consists only of residents of the town of Gammesfeld which has a population of around 510.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter washes the floor in the waiting room of the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
A document from 1893 is framed on the wall at the Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter, CEO, and former CEO of the bank Fritz Vogt, 82, talk at the counter of the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter takes money out of a safe at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter welcomes customer Mandes Rueger, 30, at the counter of the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Two ladies sit in the waiting room of Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
The signatures of the people running Germany's smallest bank, the Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank are seen on a wall in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Former CEO of Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank Fritz Vogt, 82, writes into a saving book at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter cashes out money to a customer at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter uses a typewriter at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
A Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank stamp is pictured at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter displays the latest floppy disks at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
An old adding-machine is seen in the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter uses a typewriter at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter serves customer Mandes Rueger, 30, at the counter of the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter bites into his lunchtime snack as he leaves a corner shop in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
A stack of euro bills is seen in Germany's smallest bank, the Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter rolls euro coins in paper at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter works with an old adding-machine at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter serves a customer at the counter of the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
An audit report of Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank, dating back to 1929, is pictured at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter is seen through a window as he speaks to a customer at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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A bank in Germany has just one employee
Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Peter Breiter serves a customer at the bank in Gammesfeld, Baden Wuerttemberg.
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