“Can a bank-owned robo-advisor win Germany's mass-market retirement savings on a flat-fee, independent, 'no in-house products' promise?”
Founded 2013 as the digital arm of Quirin Privatbank — Germany's first commission-refusing bank — quirion built a robo-advisor on top of its parent's banking license rather than seeking its own. The product is a flat-fee (0.48% p.a.) ETF portfolio service, with the parent bank providing custody, deposits and settlement accounts. Recent moves add adjacent products on the same rail: a Cash-Invest money-market product, a 1% Tagesgeld savings account, and from 2027 a government-subsidized retirement depot.
quirion discloses Quirin Privatbank AG (in-house) as its banking provider, with Quirin Privatbank AG as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
quirion does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Quirin Privatbank AG.
quirion moves money over SEPA.
quirion connects to bank accounts through BANKSapi.
quirion's investing and wealth products are powered by quirion (in-house).
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 5 layers in quirion's stack: Money movement (SEPA); Banking / BaaS (Quirin Privatbank AG (in-house)); Open banking (BANKSapi); Sponsor bank (Quirin Privatbank AG); Investing (quirion (in-house)).
quirion was founded by Karl Matthäus Schmidt and is founded in 2013, headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
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