The Bundesbank is exploring ways of integrating sustainability criteria into the portfolios it manages. “Central banks play a key role in Green Finance,” said Ms Mauderer during a speech in Frankfurt.

03.06.2019: Schriftliche Stellungnahme zu dem Antrag der Fraktion der FDP „Kapitalmarktunion vertiefen, Staatsschulden entprivilegieren, TARGET2-Salden verringern“ (BT-Drucksache 19/6416) sowie zu dem Antrag der Fraktion der AfD „Target-Forderungen unabhängig vom Fortbestand des Euros besichern“ (BT-Drucksache 19/9232)

Writing in its latest Monthly Report, the Bundesbank identifies a need to press ahead with the development of universal Europe-wide payment methods, ideally based on real-time (instant) payments. The challenge for European payment service providers, the Bank’s experts write, is to create effective pan-European payment solutions as an alternative to those offered by their increasingly successful global rivals.