CEO Peter Breiter uses a typewriter. He records the daily business of the bank by hand, partly on paperPhotograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersPeter Breiter takes money out of a safe at the bank. There are no automatic teller machines (ATMs) Photograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersPeter Breiter serves a customer at the bankPhotograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
An old adding-machine at the bank Photograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersFormer CEO Fritz Vogt writes into a saving book at the bankPhotograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersBreiter rolls euro coins in paper at the bank Photograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersA stack of euro bills in Germany's smallest bankPhotograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersBreiter serves a customer at the counterPhotograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersBreiter counts money for a customer Photograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersBreiter bites into his lunchtime snack as he leaves a corner shop Photograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersTwo women sit in the waiting room of the bank. Its customer base consists only of residents of the town of Gammesfeld which has a population of around 510Photograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersThe latest floppy disks at the bank. The bank is not connected to a database systemPhotograph: Lisi Niesner/ReutersA Raiffeisen Gammesfeld eG bank stampPhotograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
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