Stablecoins könnten das Finanzsystem grundlegend verändern, sollten sie sich breit durchsetzen, schreibt Vorstandsmitglied Michael Theuer in einem Gastbeitrag im Handelsblatt. Der globale Markt für Stablecoins wachse rasant – 2025 legte das Volumen um 50 Prozent auf über 300 Milliarden US-Dollar zu. Doch mit diesem Wachstum gingen nicht nur Chancen, sondern auch erhebliche Risiken für die Finanzstabilität einher.

German banks tightened their credit standards for loans to enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2025 to an extent not seen since 2023. This is revealed by the Bundesbank's most recent round of the Bank Lending Survey. The banks pointed to the renewed rise in credit risk as the reason for this tightening.

Details of the structure and naming of files in the Deutsche Bundesbank's XML -based reporting system can be found here.

“The digital euro will make us more independent and more resilient,” Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said in an interview with the “Tagesspiegel” newspaper. A combination of cash and the digital euro will equip Germany best for the future and for critical situations. Nagel also used the interview to discuss the effects of US tariff policy and the opportunity it might present for Europe as an investment location.

Information on the €5 collectors’ coin series “Climate zones of the earth” and “Wonderful world of insects”. 

The German banking sector is currently stable overall, with sound capital and liquidity buffers – that’s good news, Bundesbank Executive Board member Michael Theurer stressed at the digital supervisory briefing, an event organised by the Bundesbank and BaFin. Together with Annika Sattler from the Bundesbank, Theurer and BaFin Chief Executive Director Nikolas Speer spoke about the risk situation, simplification and proportionality. Participants from the worlds of banking and supervision numbered more than 5,000 at times during the digital supervisory briefing, which was streamed live.

Bundesbank’s external position stood at €932 billion at the end of January 2026, with claims from the TARGET2 payment system worth €1033 billion making up around 64 % of total assets. These are followed by international reserves, comprising gold and foreign exchange reserves, including the special drawing rights allocated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which account for a total of 28 % of assets. At 86 %, issuance of euro cash accounted for the bulk of liabilities. Deposits of non-euro area residents amount to 7 % of foreign liabilities.

Fledgling businesses often will not know whether their business model needs to be authorised pursuant to the Banking Act or the Payment Services Oversight Act, which is why they are invited to discuss any issues which might arise in this regard with staff at the Bundesbank's Regional Offices and Central Office.

In an interview with FOCUS online, Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz explains why the digital euro is necessary and the challenges involved. Our objective as Eurosystem central banks is to launch a pilot operation in mid-2027. As before, we still expect the digital euro to go live in 2029, Mr Balz said.

For non-business clients, the Bundesbank offers cash-related services for the settlement of small-scale transactions. However, given that the minimum requirements applicable for transactions effected by business clients do not apply to business clients, the range of cash-related services available to these customers is restricted.

„Ich habe großen Respekt vor der persönlichen Entscheidung von François Villeroy de Galhau, nach elf Jahren treuer und engagierter Arbeit für das Gemeinwohl Frankreichs und Europas als Präsident der Banque de France zurückzutreten.“

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