Der digitale Wandel ist in vollem Gange, und immer häufiger ist auch die Rede von digitalem Geld - sogar von digitalem Zentralbankgeld. Was ist digitales Zentralbankgeld und wie würde sich der Zahlungsverkehr dadurch verändern? In seinem Vortrag wird Burkhard Balz mögliche Formen des digitalen Geldes vorstellen und darüber hinaus erläutern, wie digitales Geld das Finanzsystem beeinflussen könnte und welche Gestaltungsoptionen Europa hier hat.

What do birds have to do with monetary policy? More than you think! Pigeons stand for a more relaxed monetary policy. Falcons are more likely to represent a more stringent monetary policy. Why they can also be seen in the Money Museum, explains presenter Silviana Ursu in the last part of our series from the Money Museum. 

Do you know the security features of the euro banknotes? Definitely a few. But do you also know what happens when you place the banknotes under UV light? What happens shows our presenter Silviana Ursu in the fourth part of our video series from the Money Museum. 
 

How many cocoa beans would cost a bread and how many a pair of shoes? In the past, objects were actually considered a means of payment in some parts of the world. For example, the Maya, one of the oldest cultures in Central America, traded cocoa beans for food and clothing. In the third part of our series from the Money Museum, presenter Silviana Ursu explains what constitutes money and how you pay today. 

The NGFS released a report entitled “Adapting central bank operations to a hotter world: Reviewing some options” which assesses nine options available to central banks to factor climate-related risks into their operational framework. Sabine Mauderer, Chair of the NGFS’ “Scaling-up green finance” workstream and executive board member of the Deutsche Bundesbank: “Central banks ought to be aware of climate risks for the integrity of their balance sheets. Even more so, they should get ready to respond to such risks swiftly and with determination. Our report is a great blueprint to support central banks in making strategic choices on how to reflect climate risk in their monetary policy operations.” 

Deutsche Bundesbank together with Deutsche Börse Group and Germany’s Finance Agency have developed and successfully tested a settlement interface for electronic securities. Securities settlement using distributed ledger technology (DLT) is performed with the aid of a trigger solution in TARGET2.

Part of our money museum looks like a supermarket - even if there are of course no real groceries there. In the second part of our video series, presenter Silviana Ursu shows what our money is worth and what price stability means. 

Brutus coin is one of the rarest and therefore most expensive Roman coins in the world.  One of these is in the British Museum and another in the Bundesbank's Money Museum. The story behind this coin is explained by our presenter Silviana in the first part of our small video series with the highlights from the Money Museum.

The animated film clearly shows why prices should still whole, neither rise sharply fall and what role the central bank plays in securing stable prices.

Whilst Europe is home to successful payment systems – Germany’s girocard scheme, for instance – these are often only national in scope. How can payment operations be harmonised across Europe and made more convenient for consumers?