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.

The Federal Republic of Germany issues Treasury discount paper, Federal Treasury notes, five-year Federal notes and Federal bonds on the following issue terms.

Academic staff at the Bundesbank's Research Data and Service Centre (RDSC) develop research data sets from the Bundesbank's various data bases in order to make them available for research and analytical purposes.

Access is provided via the ExtraNet, the Bundesbank's e-business platform. ExtraNet is a high-performance infrastructure based on internet technology. It is straightforward, easy to use and tailored to meet the various needs of our customers. To take part in CashEDI, you will need to register for the ExtraNet. A dedicated domain is available for this purpose. Use of the ExtraNet is free of charge

Here you can find the SEPA procedural rules for the clearing and settlement in the RPS SEPA-Clearer (credit transfers, direct debits and card payments).

The objective of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is to implement schemes and standards for euro payments in the future. For reasons of efficiency, it is not practical to have national schemes and the SEPA scheme operating in parallel over the long term. This is also consistent with the long-term aim of SEPA, namely to abolish existing national payment schemes.

The SEPA Cards Framework; SCF defines the standards to be met by payment service providers, card systems and other market participants in order for card payments and cash withdrawals within the Single Euro Payments Area to be processed as quickly, safely and efficiently as they are in the home country

The informal Ecofin, an informal meeting of the council of EU economics and finance ministers to which the governors of the national central banks are also invited, takes place twice a year. It takes no formal decisions but is intended as a forum for the free exchange of opinions between the heads of the ministries of finance and central banks.

The Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) is one of the central banks' committees at the BIS. It assists central banks in recognising, analysing and responding to threats to the stability of financial markets and the global financial system.

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) was established in February 1999 as the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) by the ministers of finance and central bank governors of the G7 based on proposals by Hans Tietmeyer, the then president of the Bundesbank. The G20 summit in April 2009 then established the FSB, which has a broader mandate and extended membership.

WebEDI is a WWW interface for electronic data exchange.

In the following scheme the scope of services of the two ways of gainig access are compared.

High-resolution image files are available for download at the pictures archive of the DM coin and banknote collection of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

As a general rule, all banks are required to prepare a recovery plan, which must be updated once a year and submitted to the supervisor for review.

A functioning economy requires a stable banking system. The recent financial crisis has highlighted the enormous fallout that an uncontrolled accumulation of risks in the banking sector can have for the entire economy. Banking supervisors are therefore entrusted with monitoring credit institutions' business activities and preserving investors' confidence by ensuring the efficiency and stability of the banking system.

The purpose of prudential liquidity regulations is to ensure that institutions are liquid at all times. Quantitative provisions for liquidity were introduced into European law for the first time by the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR, Regulation (EU) No 575/2013), in keeping with the Basel liquidity framework. The two Basel minimum standards (LCR, NSFR) and the additional monitoring metrics (AMM) were implemented by means of appropriate implementing technical standards and/or revised by Regulation (EU) 2019/876, which amended the CRR.

The main tasks of the expert panel are promoting dialogue on the activities of international working groups and to provide a platform for exploring industry-wide issues.

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.

Revision of reports for banks’ (MFIs’) monthly balance sheet statistics, the external position of banks (MFIs) and the MFI interest rate statistics (from the December 2014 reporting date onwards).

For questions concerning the services provided of ExtraNet (eg explanations regarding the content, legal basis, registration or testing)

Each exhibition in the series "Perspektiven der Gegenwart" [Contemporary Perspectives] is accompanied by a brochure containing an introductory text in German on the artists' oeuvre and numerous illustrations of selected works.

Unkommentierte Filmaufnahmen zum Thema "Bargeld". Medien können das Footage-Material (in HD-Auflösung) über die Pressestelle der Deutschen Bundesbank anfordern.

Hier finden Sie die entsprechenden Vordrucke als Download.

Neufassung der Meldungen für die Statistik über Verbriefungszweckgesellschaften (FVC-Statistik)
(ab dem Meldetermin Dezember 2014).

A red figure is firmly ensconced on the forecourt of the Bundesbank’s Oldenburg branch. Like an oversized marionette, it sits in the centre of a four-part sculpture series by Bogomir Ecker which extends inside the building.

A list of publications which are based on database of the Corporate Balance Sheets (Ustan).

A list of publications which are based on  monthly balance sheet statistics micro data.

Um nach dem 1. Februar 2014 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.

Monetary policymakers’ main task is to maintain price stability. Within this context and based on economic analyses, the Bundesbank also advises other public institutions, in particular the German government.

Die im Rahmen des GLRG-II aufgenommenen Mittel können zwei Jahre nach ihrer Valutierung freiwillig in vierteljährlichen Rhythmus zurückgezahlt werden.

Zur Berechnung der Benchmark, der Bietungslimits und des anzuwendenden Zinssatzes müssen Geschäftspartner, die am GLRG-II teilnehmen möchten, weiterhin Meldedaten zu bestimmten ausstehenden Krediten in Form eines Meldeschemas an die Deutsche Bundesbank übermitteln. Die Meldeperioden wurden jedoch auf insgesamt zwei reduziert.

If an institution’s financial situation deteriorates, the SAG gives supervisors extensive powers to intervene at an early stage.

The main tasks of the expert panel are promoting dialogue on the activities of international working groups and to provide a platform for exploring industry-wide issues.

The Bundesbank plays a key role in the work of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and the European Financial Stability Committee (FSC). Its delegates are members of many substructures and expert groups and are involved in methodological and conceptual work as well in risk and instrument analyses.