The banks' clients mainly consist of Dioceses, religious orders, church congregations and their social services, but does accept private customers.

As of 2018[update], the bank has 190 members of staff at the Cologne headquarter and six branches in German and representative office in Rome in close proximity to the Vatican.

Since 2005 the bank annually awards the "Pax-Bank-Preis" (Pax-Bank-Award) for Interfaith dialogue and receives consulting for it by the "Georges-Anawati-Stiftung" (Georges-Anawati-Foundation).

[3] In August 2009 it was made public that one of the bank's non-ethical investment funds held shares of a defense contractor, a tobacco company and of a pharmaceutics manufacturer, which also produces contraceptives.

[8] Charitable and public Institutions and providers can present and circulate their project ideas on the platform and thereby generate the needed funds.