We use money every day, taking it for granted in our daily lives. At the same time, money is one of the most important business areas for any central bank. But what exactly is money? What forms does it take, and what are the characteristics that turn something into money? We answer these and other questions in the following animation film.

When the third stage of European monetary union (EMU) was initiated on 1 January 1999, monetary and foreign exchange policy was transferred to the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), which consists of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks of the participating member states.

Interessierten Unternehmen bietet die Bundesbank auch unabhängig von der refinanzierungsbezogenen Bonitätsprüfung eine detaillierte Bilanzanalyse an.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat ihren Klima- und Umweltplan 2024‑2025 umgesetzt und Klima- und umweltbezogene Risiken noch stärker in ihre Kernbereiche eingebunden. In den vergangenen zwei Jahren hat die EZB ihre Beurteilung der Klima- und umweltbezogenen Risiken weiter optimiert, unter anderem auch die Methode, wie diese Risiken in politische Beschlüsse einfließen.

For the purpose of clearing and settling cross-border credit transfers submitted to its CAM procedures (CAM-Individual and CAM-IMPay), the Bundesbank has a network of correspondent banking relationships.

The Bundesbank regularly investigates the payment behaviour of the population in Germany.