Subject of the study presented in this paper is the analysis of the relevance of the Internet asan information source in German banks. The results show, that today the Internet is indeed themost important information source for many types of information used in the business processesof banks....

The report describes the current developments of the German market for Non Performing Loans/Distressed Debt as it is influenced by the financial crisis/credit crunch. Furthermore the sale of (small and medium sized) real estate portfolios since summer 2007 is analysed in more detail.