As part of our success stories, we met with Rainer Göllner for an interview.

Successfully merged: Rheinhessen Sparkasse also relies on on-geo applications

On 1 January 2022, the merger of Sparkasse Mainz and Sparkasse Worms-Alzey-Ried created the largest Sparkasse bank in Rhineland-Palatinate: Rheinhessen Sparkasse. The predecessor institutions were already using Lora, and now the two applications were merged as well.

How did on-geo support you during this merger?

In the course of the technical merger, on-geo supported us with a structured questionnaire, coordination rounds with all parties involved and the technical consolidation of the two Lora systems. Most of the tasks and work were carried out by on-geo. Only minor input was required from Rheinhessen Sparkasse. The migration process ran smoothly and will conclude in the next few weeks with the decommissioning of the old Lora system from the former Sparkasse Mainz. Throughout the entire merger process, all tasks — even highly complex ones — were resolved quickly.

You use different solutions such as the Lora full valuation reports, the LORA Immo Data Base and the “digital” property inspections. Would you say that these make on-site inspections obsolete?

Three applications in one piece of software, accessible for all employees, interaction with OSPlus, individual and diverse configuration and analysis options, as well as support from on-geo when issues arise.

You use several products — which product would you recommend to other members of the Savings Banks Finance Group?

The individual components of the LORA product should always be used together, as they build on one another and work very well in combination.

If you were to meet the on-geo fairy godmother: what would be your wish for future collaboration or the next application/solution?

We would like to see further links between OSPlus and Lora so that all customer data (e.g. customer ID, contact information, customer names) and all property data already recorded in OSPlus (e.g. purchase price, modernisation amounts, condominium number) are transferred from the background valuation into Lora — not only a clearer display of existing properties at the same address when creating new assignments. This would help avoid multiple inspections in the small-loan segment.

Thank you very much for this interview!