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Current Challenges – an Introduction to Cash Management
The course is tailored for individuals who are relatively new to cash management as well as for professionals seeking to deepen their expertise in this field. Participants are expected to have at least a basic understanding or some prior experience in cash management.
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Combating Counterfeit Money by the NAC
This course is designed for experienced members of central bank anti-counterfeiting units who require an in-depth understanding of effective techniques to combat counterfeit currency.
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Cash Management at the Bundesbank
The course is designed for senior employees involved in issuing and processing banknotes and coins or in dealing with counterfeit money as well as for executives and managers heading groups, sections or divisions in the cash department.
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Fewer counterfeits in circulation Loss arising from counterfeiting also decreased
In the first half of 2026, the Bundesbank withdrew around 30,000 counterfeit euro banknotes with a total nominal value of €1.75 million from circulation. This was a 4.3 % drop in the number of counterfeits compared with the second half of 2025.
Levels of counterfeit money in Germany are low
,” said Bundesbank Executive Board member Lutz Lienenkämper.Statistically speaking, there were seven counterfeit banknotes per 10,000 inhabitants.
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Counterfeit Money
The Counterfeit Money Unit's task is to examine and store counterfeit money of any currency which is seized in Germany or confiscated by the police. We also check the authenticity of payment cards, securities, traveller's cheques and gold and silver coins which are legal tender. Another focal point of our work is to prevent the circulation of counterfeit money.
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Further information on lodgements of coins
As of 1 January 2015, Deutsche Bundesbank branches will accept lodgements of coins from retail customers free of charge only if they comply with the standards laid down in the guidelines for the packaging of coin rolls and if whole numbers of standard containers are submitted per denomination.
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Loss arising from counterfeits falls significantly Fewer counterfeit banknotes in circulation
The Bundesbank identified just under 68,000 counterfeit euro banknotes in German payments in 2025. This represented a 6.1 % decrease in counterfeit banknotes year on year.
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More counterfeit money in circulation Loss arising from counterfeiting unchanged
In the first half of 2025, the Bundesbank withdrew approximately 36,600 counterfeit euro banknotes with a nominal value of just under €2.1 million from circulation in Germany. The number of counterfeits rose by 8 % compared with the second half of 2024. However, the loss arising from counterfeiting remained unchanged.