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.

Confirmation of dates and topics of new online courses.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cooperative arrangements are valuable, as they save resources, increase reach and strengthen networks

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.

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).

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. 

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

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Press and Media Communications team.

Gegenwärtig gibt es vor allem in den sozialen Medien gefälschte Meldungen, die behaupten, die Deutsche Bundesbank habe prominente Personen aufgrund ihrer Werbeaussagen für eine Finanzplattform verklagt. Diese Meldungen sind gefälscht und frei erfunden. 

In this section you will find a selection of statistics on payments and securities settlement.

The Byzantine Empire was one of the most significant and powerful states in the Middle Ages. It emerged from the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which was split into two in AD 395. The modern name "Byzantine Empire" is derived from the ancient Greek city of Byzantium. The Byzantines, however, considered themselves Roman. Constantinople, now Istanbul, was the capital of their empire. Its namesake, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (306-337), refounded the city on the site of Byzantium.

Constans was the youngest son of Constantin I the Great. He was only a boy when his father accorded him the rank of Caesar (emperor-designate). With the death of Constantin I in 337, his three sons Constantin II, Constantius II and Constans adopted the title of Augustus and divided the empire amongst themselves.

The Macedonian king Alexander the Great is considered to this day to be a great general and conqueror. At the head of his army, he invaded the Persian Empire, the largest and most powerful of its time, which stretched from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to the Indian subcontinent.

In addition to the numismatic collection, there is also a specialist library which is universal in its chronological and geographical scope. It is a reference library only and is open to the public by appointment.

Having ascended the throne aged just 28, the Prussian King Frederick II was one of the leading figures of his time. His contemporaries gave him the epithet "the Great" just several years into his reign on account of Prussia rising to become a major power under his rule.

The guineas were introduced in 1663 and remained the principal British gold coin up until 1816. They came into being in the aftermath of the English Civil War (1642–1649). During the war, England was declared a free commonwealth but the English Republic lasted less than 20 years.

Since November 2024
President of the Regional Office in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein

In the Middle Ages, the Republic of Venice was a significant trading and naval power. Venice was the capital of a far-flung territory. The areas under the control of the lagoon city included a thin strip on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, parts of modern Greece, Crete and other islands in the Aegean.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Banded demoiselle”, to be issed at 9 November 2023. It is the fifth coin issued as part of the “Wonderful world of insects” series, which will see a total of nine coins with partially coloured motifs issued from 2022 to 2024.

The Council of the European Union has appointed Claudia Buch as Chair of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the European Central Bank (ECB). “I would like to thank the Council of the European Union for my appointment as Chair of the Supervisory Board and for the trust placed in me.  It will be a great honour for me to take on this role at the European Central Bank, Ms Buch said. During her term of office, she will work to ensure a resilient European banking sector that serves the people of Europe.

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As part of its Christmas series, the German government has decided to mint a €25 collector coin entitled “Advent wreath”, to be issued at 21 November 2024.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 collectors’ coin commemorating “Saxony-Anhalt”. It was issued on 26 January 2021.

Since 15 January 2025
President of the Regional Office in Bremen, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

Am 30. November hat Jens Ulbrich, Chefvolkswirt der Deutschen Bundesbank, in einer bundesweit übertragenen virtuellen Veranstaltung die neue geldpolitische Strategie des Eurosystems einem interessierten Publikum erläutert. Die Folien des Vortrages finden Sie hier.

The German government has decided to mint an €11 collectors’ coin entitled “UEFA European Football Championship 2024,” scheduled for issue on 8 May 2024. The coin features one of the world’s most popular major sporting events, the European Football Championship, which will be held in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2024, for the first time since Germany’s reunification.

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Protecting the integrity and reputation of the Bundesbank requires constant, joint efforts in order to maintain public trust in the Bundesbank’s performance of its tasks over the long haul.

The forms are available in PDF format.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has appointed Joachim Nagel President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Mr Steinmeier presented the certificate of appointment to Mr Nagel, who holds a PhD in economics, at Schloss Bellevue on 7 January. The ceremony marking the change of office for the tenth President of the Bundesbank will take place on 11 January in Frankfurt and will be streamed live.

With over 90,000 coins and around 260,000 banknotes from all over the world, the Bundesbank’s carefully selected numismatic collection is one of the most important of its kind worldwide.

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

The German government has decided to mint a €10 collectors’ coin entitled “Police”, to be issued on 25 April 2024.