In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in France.

In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

Die Deutsche Bundesbank und die Finanzaufsicht BaFin stoßen gemeinsam den Abbau von Bürokratie an: Die beiden Institutionen haben vorgeschlagen, das Millionenkreditmeldewesen für Banken und Versicherer zum 30. Dezember 2026 einzustellen. Die erforderlichen Gesetzesanpassungen hat das Bundesministerium der Finanzen im Entwurf des Standortfördergesetzes veröffentlicht.

Lending business traditionally plays a predominant role in an institution's development, but it is concurrently one of the main sources of banking risks. Besides limiting the business volume by requiring institutions to back counterparty risks with eligible own funds pursuant to CRR, the German Banking Act and CRR contain specific provisions concerning lending business.

On this page, you will find the Bundesbank’s economic publications.

Please note that visits to the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Central Office are only possible by invitation and following advance registration.

An analysis of future economic developments is indispensible for deciding on the monetary policy stance and assessing economic policy decisions. The Bundesbank therefore regularly prepares extensive forecasts of important economic metrics for Germany.

With its electronic access for credit institutions, which is based on the Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS), the Deutsche Bundesbank offers a communication channel based on accepted protocols and standards which is capable of processing the growing data volumes in the data exchange between payment service providers with bank sort code efficiently, securely and cost-effectively.

According to the Federal Statistical Office’s flash estimate, seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product (GDP) recorded a quarter-on-quarter decline of 0.1 % in the second quarter, after still rising markedly in the previous two quarters. The Monthly Report states that after US tariffs were raised in April, industrial output and exports recorded a fall-off. While private consumption benefited from a sharp rise in wages, the labour market remained too weak to generate stronger momentum. The inflation rate fell distinctly in the second quarter.

Lisa, Wirtschaftspsychologie-Studentin, berichtet von ihrem Einsatz, bei dem sie die Digitalisierung im Personalbereich mitgestaltet. Lest in ihrer Jobstory, welche Erfahrungen sie dabei macht und was sie aus ihrem Praktikum mitnimmt.

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.

On 22 January 2015, the ECB Governing Council announced the launch of an expanded asset purchase programme (APP).

Um am Lastschriftverfahren teilnehmen zu können, müssen Unternehmen u. a. eine Gläubiger-Identifikationsnummer besitzen. Die Ausgabe der Nummern übernimmt in Deutschland die Bundesbank in Abstimmung mit der Deutschen Kreditwirtschaft (DK). Anträge können nur elektronisch gestellt werden.

Im Juni 2025 wies die Leistungsbilanz einen Überschuss von 36 Mrd. € auf (nach 32 Mrd. € im Vormonat).

Goethe University Frankfurt has appointed Bundesbank Executive Board member Fritzi Köhler-Geib as an honorary professor. Dr Köhler-Geib has been teaching master level courses in international and development economics/economic policy within the university’s economics and business department since 2021. She will continue to provide students on her courses, which focus on the intersection of financial markets and the real economy, with her practice-oriented perspective on policy measures to support economic growth and transformation processes.

The German Panel on Household Finances (PHF) is a panel survey on household finance and wealth in Germany, covering the balance sheet, pension, income, work life and other demographic characteristics of private households living in Germany. The panel survey is conducted by the Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

One of the major elements of the Basel III framework and its implementation in the European Union (EU) is a leverage ratio. This sets a bank’s supervisory Tier 1 capital in relation to its total exposure. 

On account of the differences in the legal frameworks and the various domestic direct debit procedures which exist, the EPC decided at an early stage to develop a completely new SEPA Direct Debit Scheme (SDD). However, implementation of this scheme was only possible once a common framework had been developed within the European Union.

There are various documents available describing the structure and functioning of T2. There are for example the Information Guide for TARGET participants, the User Requirements Document, the User Detailed Functional Specifications, the User Handbooks or our Starting Guide which shall ease the first steps for new participants. These documents and even more can be found in this area.