Since 2014, the European Central Bank has been responsible for supervising the particularly significant banks in Germany. Joint teams from the ECB and the national supervisory authorities carry out operational supervision.

There are various documents available explaining how TIPS works, including, amongst others, the Guide for TARGET Participants, the User Detailed Functional Specifications and the user handbooks. These and further documents can be found here.

For our daily purchases we can withdraw cash from our bank account. But where do the banks get this cash from? What happens to the cash after we have paid with it? And who makes sure that there is always enough cash where it’s needed, when it’s needed? The following film gives an overview.

Interessierten Unternehmen bietet die Bundesbank auch unabhängig von der refinanzierungsbezogenen Bonitätsprüfung eine detaillierte Bilanzanalyse an.

Die deutschen Zahlungsdienstleister führten im vorletzten Jahr rund 103 Mio Girokonten, über die 2017 mehr Transaktionen abgewickelt wurden als noch 2016. Das belegen die Zahlungsverkehrs- und Wertpapierabwicklungsstatistiken, die von der Bundesbank veröffentlicht wurden.

Information and documents relevant to the adjustment of the BISTA and AUSTA banking statistics surveys (legal basis, guidelines, reporting templates, formal checks)

For the processing of same-day euro payments and payments in foreign currencies via the customer access mechanism-Individual (CAM-Individual), the following rules apply. "Procedural rules of the Deutsche Bundesbank for the clearing and settlement of same-day euro credit transfers and foreign payment transfers in Customer Access Mechanism-Individual (CAM-Individual) (Procedural rules for CAM-Individual)".

In addition to the numismatic collection, there is also a specialist library which is universal in its chronological and geographical scope. It is a reference library only and is open to the public by appointment.

Director General Cash Management