Online lecture series on climate change and central banks ran until mid-May. Two new series on the digital euro and cash management set to start in 2024. 

At the beginning of November, the Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue welcomed a delegation from Malawi to Frankfurt for the first time.

Dr Johannes Ludwig is the new Deputy Head of the New York Representative Office.

The second phase of the EU-funded project for the Western Balkans began in September with a kick-off event at the Banca d’Italia in Rome.

We are planning to hold 47 international central banking courses in 2023 – 26 in-person courses in Frankfurt and 21 online courses. Registrations are now open. The number of places is limited.

The signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formally extends the long-standing cooperation between the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Bank of Namibia, which stretches back ten years. Staff training, technical support, benchmarking exercises and staff exchanges are planned.

A lack of data is making it very difficult to estimate probabilities of default. Experts from 13 countries discussed different approaches, from the factoring in of certain variables to the development of algorithms. Only time will tell which of these will win out in practice.

Trends in economic activity and prices in Germany and elsewhere are reflected in various types of statistics.

A wide range of topics, including statistics and financial stability, are being offered online in varying formats – individual course units or modular courses that build on each other.

Automation, digitalisation, process optimisation, pandemic preparedness, counterfeit money – all issues that have a bearing on cash management. Our new online courses address these topics and more. 

The new online courses have been up and running for three months. Marcus Haas, advisor on banking supervision, gives us a personal insight into the new normal.

New online courses available. Apply now. Short deadline for our courses “Central bank communication” (02 September) and “Crisis management at supervised credit institutions” (08 September)!

The monetary policy turnaround shaped the Bundesbank’s balance sheet last year. The profit and loss account for 2022 reported a distributable profit of zero. This result was achieved by tapping €1 billion worth of risk provisions. As in the previous years, no profit was transferred to the Federal budget. “The Bundesbank sustained exceptional financial burdens in 2022,” Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said at the joint press conference with Executive Board member Joachim Wuermeling.

If you have general questions with regard to payments or your account please contact your responsible customer service team (KBS).

Is cash a thing of the past? Certainly not! It is an important means of payment and will remain so in the future. A central bank should be well prepared in this respect. In this age of automation and digitalisation, it is important to address the right questions and make adjustments for the future. The CIC has an interesting proposal relating to this issue.

Technology-based financial enterprises, also known as fintechs, have the potential to transform the financial system permanently. Experts from 15 countries discussed the challenges central banks and financial supervisory authorities face in their work with the advent of fintechs.

Britta Weinmann is the Bundesbank’s new representative at the German embassy in Moscow. Ms Weinmann, who worked in banking supervision at the Bank’s Regional Office in Hesse prior to this, took over her new role on 1 August from Sven Redel

At a ceremony on 6 March 2020, the EU twinning project with the Serbian national bank in Belgrade was formally concluded. Burkhard Balz, Bundesbank Executive Board member, hailed it a success in his speech.

Abdulrahman Al Hamidy and Burkhard Balz sign the Memorandum of Understanding between the AMF and the Bundesbank.

Starting in June, you will be able to participate in our new web-seminars each week. Sign up now – the number of participants is limited.

Marcus Haas has been responsible for providing technical expertise on the topic of “banking supervision” at the CIC since October 2019. The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a multitude of questions in the financial sector, which are his task to field. Here, you can read about how he is sharing his expertise with others while working from home.

2020 we offer again a broad variety of international central banking courses. Four Courses are brand new: Central bank communication via social media, Environmental and Energy Management, Cash management and Accounting for banking supervisors

EU Twinning light project “Strengthening the capacities of the system for fight against counterfeiting of EUR” in North Macedonia successfully completed.

Martin Dinkelborg is the programme manager responsible for the recently launched EU-funded project with the Western Balkans, a major project involving 30 institutions. In an interview, he illustrates just how complex the project is and talks of the many challenges that had to be overcome before the programme could be launched.

What are households’ expectations? Since 2019, the Deutsche Bundesbank has been investigating this question by surveying households in Germany on a regular basis (Bundesbank Online Panel Households).

German payment service providers operated around 103 million current accounts last year. The payment statistics published by the Deutsche Bundesbank also show that the number of transactions involving these accounts in 2017 increased compared with 2016.

The Representative Office in New York provides an informal atmosphere – Bundesbank staff present their work to American banking and financial experts. To start off: Dr Weigert with the 2018 Financial Stability Review.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Deutsche Bundesbank and the People’s Bank of China.

Fight against euro counterfeiting in North Macedonia and strengthening overall central banking business in Belarus are at the focus of the current twinning and twinning light projects.

Following many online courses over the past two years, the “Introduction to the Basel Framework” course was held in Frankfurt as a face-to-face event in April. Marcus Haas, advisor on banking supervision, reports on how it went and the advantages and disadvantages of in-person courses.

OMTOS (OpenMarket Tender Operations System) is the electronic bidding system for the execution of the Eurosystem's open market operations as well as the foreign exchange Liquidity Providing Operations (LPO).

One year ago, the new Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue was established. Synergies have been harnessed in the field of central bank cooperation by working hand in hand with the Bundesbank’s representatives around the world.

This system of indicators uses a number of data items, most of them publicly available, to provide a quick overview over green finance in Germany and its latest developments. It distinguishes financial, real economic and climate-related indicators.

Germany’s net international investment position (i.i.p.) fell by €77.5 billion in the second quarter of 2025.

All course information in one place – from registration to feedback.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz and William Nyagaka, Director of Kenya School of Monetary Studies, extend the Memorandum of Understanding that has existed since 2007.

Ceremonies took place to formally mark two changes of office, each with around 50 guests. The new Bundesbank representatives are Thomas Notheis in Mumbai and Alexander Lieber in São Paulo.

Confirmation of dates and topics of new online courses.

The NGFS is a global network of central banks and supervisory authorities advocating a more sustainable financial system.

Zur Fortbildung oder für den Einsatz im Unterricht stellen wir ausgewählte statistische Grafiken zur Verfügung. Diese werden regelmäßig aktualisiert und können für selbst konzipierte Unterrichtsmaterialien genutzt werden.

Die Hauptverwaltung in Berlin und Brandenburg bietet Fortbildungen für (angehende) Lehrkräfte sowie Vorträge für Schüler und Studierende an. Alle Veranstaltungen sind kostenfrei.

Special exhibition at the Money Museum curated by the Numismatic Collection, open from 30 June 2021 to 29 May 2022

Confidence in a currency is rooted in cash. In Germany, it is the Bundesbank’s task to provide an adequate supply of high-quality euro banknotes and coins at all times. The Bundesbank provides retailers and banks with cash, withdraws counterfeit money from circulation and replaces damaged coins and banknotes.

Zur Einleitung eines Schlichtungsverfahrens ist ein Antrag erforderlich. Den Antrag können Sie als Online-Antrag, per E-Mail oder per Brief an die Schlichtungsstelle bei der Deutschen Bundesbank senden. 

Since 1 October 2019
President of the Regional Office in Baden-Württemberg

Das Geldmuseum lädt zu einem Spaziergang durch eine virtuelle Gold-Ausstellung ein. Es gibt dort vieles rund um das Thema Gold zu entdecken.

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The national accounts have the task of providing, in quantitative terms, an overall picture of economic activity that is as clear and as comprehensive as possible.