A commercial bank with a wide range of services. LBBW is a universal bank and an international commercial bank with full freedom to conduct business. It may engage in all types of banking and financial service activities and establish and operate any kind of office or branch without regional restrictions. It is both a retail and a wholesale bank and the central banking institution of the savings banks in Baden-Württemberg. In addition, it acts as a savings bank in the territory of the state capital of Stuttgart.