As a integral part of the German cooperative banking organisation, DZ BANK provides access to the international financial markets for its partner institutions and their customers. To enable DZ BANK to perform these functions, it maintains branches in London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong, subsidiaries in Dublin as well as the DZ PRIVATBANK S.A. and the DZ PRIVATBANK (Schweiz) AG and further representative offices in the key financial centers and the most important economic regions throughout the world.

DZ BANK's own network of outposts is supplemented by equity partnerships, cooperation agreements with partner banks, and a network of correspondent banks which spans the globe. An extremely important business link is with the UNICO Banking Group. Due to this cooperative arrangement, a far-reaching and extensive network of banks in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and other European countries is available for the customers of the integrated cooperative financial system to use.