Notes on methodology

The "payments" section includes data on the payment systems employed and transaction volumes as well as statistics on securities settlement systems.

The following text provides an overview of the regulations regarding the reproduction of banknotes and coins.

Asset purchases can be a monetary policy measure to raise the inflation rate to the desired level in a low interest rate environment. The following film explains how this works.

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Director General Audit

Here you can find a wide range of information that is particularly useful for new participants, as well as the TARGET registration form, which must be completed for the initial registration but also for any subsequent amendments.

Apart from its own bilateral and multilateral projects, the Bundesbank is engaged in projects financed by third parties. These alone account for one-third of the Centre for Technical Central Bank Cooperation’s activities.

TIBER-DE (Threat Intelligence-based Ethical Red Teaming) is a framework for threat-led ethical hacking exercises to strengthen the cyber resilience of the German financial sector. Banks, insurance companies, financial market infrastructures and key service providers of the aforementioned can participate in TIBER-DE tests on a voluntary basis to perform a realistic assessment of their cyber resilience. Interested companies can obtain non-binding information about the modalities of the tests (contact see right column). Providers who offer Red Teaming or Threat Intelligence services according to the TIBER-DE framework can also approach us in order to introduce themselves.