Last year, the Bundesbank’s annual accounts were shaped by the increase in the key interest rates. For the 2023 financial year, the Bundesbank reports a balanced financial result because it was able to use its financial buffers to cushion burdens in the double-digit billions. To this end, the Bundesbank released its risk provisions in full and reduced its reserves. We expect the burdens to be considerable again for the current year. They are likely to exceed the remaining reserves, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel at the press conference presenting the Bundesbank’s annual accounts

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 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.

A recent Bundesbank study looks at how cash will be used in the future. It outlines three different scenarios for cash payments in 2037. “The idea of the future scenarios is to help set the right course so that cash remains generally available and accepted as an attractive means of payment and store of value going forward,” explained Burkhard Balz as he introduced the study.

The Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue assists central banks all over the world to set up and expand market-based central banking and banking supervision systems. In a short film, the Bundesbank presents the wide range of tasks performed by the TCBC and reveals the opportunities yielded by sustained dialogue with foreign institutions.

Seit einigen Jahren gewinnt das Thema Auslagerung an Cloud-Anbieter im Finanzsektor stetig an Relevanz. Die Cloud-Nutzung bietet viele Chancen, die verantwortungsvoll genutzt werden müssen. Die Bankenaufsicht begleitet diesen Prozess sowohl auf der europäischen Ebene als auch national sowie im Dialog mit den Cloud-Anbietern und den Nutzern im Finanzsektor.