Detailed description of positions of banks’ month-end asset and liability positions in the form of a balance sheet with a supplementary breakdown of the balance sheet items by category, maturity and sector of the respective creditors and debtors.

Various fake reports, advertisements, photos and videos in connection with the Bundesbank are circulating on the internet and social media. In addition, fraudsters are impersonating Bundesbank staff on the phone, in emails and letters and requesting, for example, that personal data be handed over or payments be made. The Bundesbank is providing important pointers on this topic to help recipients identify such fake reports and attempted fraud. 

Durch das Kreditzweitmarktgesetz (KrZwMG) wird die Kreditzweitmarktrichtlinie in Deutschland umgesetzt. Das Erbringen von Dienstleistungen im Rahmen des Verkaufs von Kreditforderungen ist damit als neuer Aufsichtstatbestand erlaubnispflichtig.

Leoni hat sich wegen den einzigartigen Aufgabenfeldern für das Traineeprogramm der Bundesbank entschieden. Wie sie schon im Programm international gearbeitet hat, berichtet sie hier.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, payment services are regulated pursuant to the Payment Services Oversight Act (Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz, ZAG).

Freedom of choice when making payments must be maintained. Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz, Finance Minister of the state of Baden-Württemberg Danyal Bayaz and Martin Dallmeier, Deputy Chairman of the Board at dm-drogerie markt were all in agreement about this. At the launch of the new Bits & Bargeld event series in Heidelberg, they discussed cash, payments and the digital euro. Sissi Hajtmanek moderated the evening’s proceedings.