Closing event for the successful EU twinning project “Support to regulation of financial services” with distinguished guests held in Podgorica, Montenegro during the coronavirus pandemic.

The second joint EU-funded project for the NBRNM has begun. Analyses are under way in the area of banking regulation and supervision.

High-level experts from the ESCB, the European Commission, and the central banks and national competent authorities of the Western Balkans met in Frankfurt at the end of February to discuss the topic of non-performing loans from both a microprudential and macroprudential perspective.

The Bundesbank took a fully active part in this project. Experts involved describe their personal impressions.

In 2020, demand for bilateral cooperation between central banks in the field of cash management increased and became more diversified. The new international online courses are being well received. The pandemic, cash centres, IT applications and cash processing were the hottest topics.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

As of 2022 we have been offering a new course format called “Current Focus”. Here we focus on current topics in a short virtual meeting. Apply now for our event in December entitled “Macroeconomic projection for Germany”

Confirmation of dates and topics of new online courses.

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)!

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.

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.

Looking back at 30 years of central bank cooperation. What we can see is that key issues remain while the focus shifts.

Experts from 17 countries and the Bundesbank discussed various issues regarding the exchange and shared use of sensitive and granular data and microdata. Real-world applicability was key. The seminar will be held again in 2019.

Climate change is posing new risks to the financial industry. This new expert panel provides an opportunity to discuss various regulatory initiatives around the globe and to analyse the new challenges faced by central banks and supervisory authorities. Registration deadline: 26 April 2019.

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

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

Während der Theoriephasen im dualen Studium Zentralbankwesen praxisnah studieren. Daniel berichtet über seine letzte Studienphase und seine Teilnahme an einem Praxisprojekt.

Einmal im Jahr lädt die Bundesbank Gäste aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft zum Hauptstadtempfang nach Berlin ein, um sich über die Wirtschaftslage und aktuelle Themen auszutauschen. Als besondere Gäste begrüßte Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel in diesem Jahr die IWF-Chefin Kristalina Georgieva und die Publizistin Constanze Stelzenmüller.

Once a year, the Bundesbank invites guests from the spheres of politics, academia and society to the Capital City Reception in Berlin to exchange views on the economic situation and current topics. This year's event saw Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel welcome IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and author Constanze Stelzenmüller as special guests.

Die Finanzsanktionen gegen bestimmte den Frieden, die Sicherheit und die Stabilität in der Republik Guinea-Bissau gefährdete Personen, Organisationen und Einrichtungen dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.

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

Für das Schülerbuch „Geld und Geldpolitik“ sind begleitende Materialien für den Einsatz im Schulunterricht erhältlich.

The customer classification is made available to institutions subject to reporting requirements which have to classify economic agents by sector for Bundesbank statistics. For this purpose a sectoral breakdown with explanations is published in the Special Statistical Publication 1 which corresponds to the classification used in the "European System of Accounts (ESA 95)".

In der zweiten Folge Finance Flash dreht sich alles um das liebe Geld. Warum bezahlen wir eigentlich mit Geld? Und womit haben die Menschen früher bezahlt? Moderatorin Sarah taucht tief in die Welt des Geldes ein und erklärt die Rolle der Bundesbank dabei. Bei „Wahr oder Falsch“ geht es diesmal darum, warum man mit Geld überhaupt bezahlen kann. Es darf gerne mitgeraten werden. Außerdem überlegt Sarah in „Was wäre wenn?“, wenn es plötzlich kein Geld mehr geben würde. Mehr dazu im Video.

Anyone intending to acquire a significant holding in an institution or to increase an existing significant holding beyond certain thresholds must report this in writing without delay to BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank.

This year, the Bundesbank’s autumn conference in Frankfurt am Main focused on the challenges facing financial markets, financial intermediaries and central banks. The conference, which was organised in cooperation with the Humboldt University of Berlin, hosted international guests and speakers from the Federal Reserve Bank, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, King’s College London, Princeton and Bocconi University, among many more.

One of the Bundesbank's tasks is to collect monetary, financial and external sector statistical data, comprehensive sets of indicators and seasonally adjusted business statistics. For macroeconomic analysis relevant data are then fed into the macroeconomic time series published in the time series databases.