Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg
Corporate brand
UnclaimedGerman specialist publisher and seminar provider for banks and financial services institutions, based in Heidelberg.
Last updated September 28, 2026
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Overview
Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg GmbH (FCH) is a German specialist publishing house and training provider founded in 1996 and headquartered in Heidelberg. It serves credit institutions, financial services institutions and financial companies, focusing on professional literature and seminars for banking practice. The company publishes five series: practitioner handbooks (Praktikerhandbücher), practitioner commentaries (Praktikerkommentare), journals, and related formats. Its journals include BankPraktiker, KreditPraktiker (which absorbed ForderungsPraktiker and IKSPraktiker until September 2023), Banken-Times, and the e-mail newsletters of the target-group-focused Banken-Times SPEZIAL. With BankPraktiker Digital Flex, individual articles can also be purchased and read digitally. The brand is known in the German-speaking banking and legal community for combining practical, application-oriented legal and banking content with continuing professional education.
History
Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg GmbH was founded in 1996 with its seat in Heidelberg, Germany. It established itself as a specialist publisher (Fachverlag) for credit institutions, financial services institutions and financial companies. The company's core activity is the publication of professional literature and the organisation of seminars. Over time it developed five publication series, including practitioner handbooks written predominantly by banking practitioners as well as lawyers, auditors, judges and banking supervisory staff, and practitioner commentaries that explain laws and other norms relevant to the German credit industry from the perspective of the legal user, authored by renowned editors and authors from the sector. FCH also publishes journals: BankPraktiker, KreditPraktiker (until September 2023 ForderungsPraktiker and IKSPraktiker), Banken-Times, and the e-mail newsletters of the target-group-focused Banken-Times SPEZIAL. With BankPraktiker Digital Flex, specialist articles can also be purchased and read individually in digital form. The brand operates under the names Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg GmbH and FCH AG.
- 2023
KreditPraktiker journal replaces ForderungsPraktiker and IKSPraktiker as of September 2023.
- 1996
Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg GmbH founded with seat in Heidelberg.
Products and positioning
Specialist publisher and seminar provider for German-speaking banking and financial services professionals, combining practical handbooks, legal commentaries, journals and continuing education.
Praktikerhandbücher
Handbooks for banking practice, written predominantly by banking practitioners but also by lawyers, auditors, judges and banking supervisory staff.
Praktikerkommentare
Works commenting on laws and other norms relevant to the German credit industry from the perspective of the legal user, written by renowned editors and authors from the sector.
BankPraktiker
A journal published by FCH.
KreditPraktiker
A journal published by FCH; until September 2023 it was ForderungsPraktiker and IKSPraktiker.
Banken-Times
A journal published by FCH.
Banken-Times SPEZIAL
Target-group-focused e-mail newsletters.
BankPraktiker Digital Flex
Allows specialist articles to be purchased and read individually in digital form.
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