March 12, 2010, 02:56 CET
The Deutsche Bundesbank's cashless payment services
The following graph provides an overview of services offered by the Deutsche Bundesbank in the area of cashless payments.
See the respective links for further information on the individual systems/infrastructures and services.
The Deutsche Bundesbank uses a special procedure called MASSE to settle regularly recurring payments and one-off cross-border payments for public cash offices.
Furthermore, the Deutsche Bundesbank assumes the tasks of opening, for the account of government institutions (and, in exceptional cases, credit institutions as well) letters of credit in favour of a foreign beneficiary and issues bank guarantees abroad.
In addition, the Bundesbank will, on request, mark cheques issued by its account holders as guaranteed (guaranteed Bundesbank cheques). The Bundesbank pledges to redeem guaranteed Bundesbank cheques within eight days. Customers of commercial banks and savings banks can obtain guaranteed Bundesbank cheques via these banks if they offer this service.
Public holidays in Germany
The following document provides an overview of the public holidays in Germany in 2009 and 2010:
