A well functioning economy requires a stable banking system. Banking supervision is therefore responsible for monitoring credit institutions’ business activity and maintaining investor confidence. In Germany, the task of financial supervision is shared by the Bundesbank and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). In particular, the Bundesbank is in charge of monitoring the credit institutions.

Director General Financial Supervision

Here you will find information on the bank sort code file and on the bank sort code update service. You can also download the bank sort code files.

The G7 is an informal club of seven of the world's most advanced industrial economies (Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom). The Bundesbank has a particular interest in issues concerning the policies pursued by international financial institutions and the stability and integrity of the international financial and monetary system.

The Bundesbank brings its expertise to numerous European and international bodies and organisations in which issues concerning financial stability and the financial and monetary system are analysed and policy measures are coordinated.

The G20 is currently considered the main forum for international economic cooperation and is therefore at the heart of multilateral financial diplomacy. Since its inception in 1999, the G20 has primarily focused on managing financial crises, strengthening the financial sectors of emerging market countries, enhancing the Bretton Woods institutions and developing growth strategies.

Once a year, teachers are invited to the Bundesbank to talk about current central banking issues. Lutz Lienenkämper, the Executive Board member whose responsibilities include economic education, conferred with teachers about financial literacy in schools, the current stance of monetary policy and the digital euro.

Die Erwartungen zur Gesamtinflation und zur HVPI-Kerninflation sind über alle Zeithorizonte hinweg unverändert. Die Erwartungen für das Wachstum des realen BIP sind mit Ausnahme einer leichten Aufwärtsrevision für 2026 unverändert. Die Erwartungen zur Arbeitslosenquote sind für 2026 und 2027 unverändert, doch danach etwas geringer.

TARGET2-Securities (T2S) is the name of the Eurosystem project to offer a new, harmonised and centralised method of settling securities in central bank money.

Der EZB-Rat hat heute beschlossen, die drei Leitzinssätze der EZB unverändert zu belassen. Unsere
aktualisierte Beurteilung bestätigt erneut, dass sich die Inflation auf mittlere Sicht bei unserem Zielwert
von 2 % stabilisieren dürfte.

Der EZB-Rat hat heute beschlossen, die drei Leitzinssätze der EZB unverändert zu belassen. Seine
aktualisierte Beurteilung bestätigt erneut, dass sich die Inflation auf mittlere Sicht bei seinem Zielwert
von 2 % stabilisieren dürfte.

Statistics about payments in Germany serve primarily as an important data source for establishing, managing and monitoring payment and securities settlement systems. In addition, statistics about the structure and scope of the payments are used in tandem with monetary statistical indicators for analysis at national and international levels.

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Director General Cash Management