Bundesbankvorstand Andreas Dombret hat Banken und Sparkassen dazu aufgefordert, ihre Geschäftsstrategie an das niedrige Zinsumfeld anzupassen. Statt von der Substanz zu leben und auf eine kurzfristige Zinsänderung zu hoffen, müssten sie vielmehr überlegen, wie sie nachhaltig stabile Erträge erwirtschaften können, sagte Dombret bei einer Rede in Berlin.

The Bundesbank received its final payment from the insolvency proceedings concerning Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG (LBB) in January 2015. Following the realisation of monetary policy collateral, there remained an outstanding claim of around €1.9 billion. This has now been settled in full by payments from the insolvency estate of LBB and payments from the insolvency estate of the group parent company in the USA.

 Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann believes that the French and Italian governments have finally accepted that reforms had been put on hold for too long. Implementation was now key, he said in an interview with the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT, adding that he sincerely hoped for success because both countries were extremely important for the stability of the euro area.