Ford Motor Credit Company

Management

Nick Rothwell ( Chairman )

The Ford is a bank for financing Ford vehicles. In addition, the oldest bank in Germany according to self-promotion car also offers financial services.

History

The Ford Bank was established on 22 February 1926 as Ford Credit Company in Berlin. 1932, the company headquarters moved to the headquarters of the automotive brand to Cologne. After a wartime interruption financing operations were resumed three months after the currency reform in 1948. 1962 opened the first store in Freiburg im Breisgau, follow some more. 1965, the name was changed to Ford Credit AG. In 1975, the financial transactions to the field of car insurance have been extended; since 1977 also lease is offered. In 1996 the Ford Bank as one of the few banks certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001. More than 40 percent of new cars via the Ford Bank already funded. In 1998 the bank was renamed into FCE Bank plc. Since 1999, the Bank offers its traders the ability to finance real estate and fixed deposit. In 2002, the Ford Bank is cooperating with the banks of Mazda, Jaguar and Land Rover under the umbrella of Ford Financials.

Employee

Director General of the Cologne-based subsidiary of Ford Credit plc, Brentwood, England, Andreas Krämer. The Ford Bank, which formerly employed over 1000 employees (2002), had new business of their sister banks of Mazda, Jaguar and Land Rover leave by the parent company Ford Motor in the course of the sales of car brands and employs 541 employees.