Wir müssen die klassische Bankenaufsicht noch stärker mit der Überwachung der Stabilität des Finanzsystems als Ganzes verzahnen, sagte Vorstandsmitglied Michael Theurer im Interview mit dem Handelsblatt. Denn viele Herausforderungen, vor denen Banken stehen, sind systemischer Natur. Im Interview mit dem Handelsblatt geht Theurer auf die Lage der Banken in Deutschland, niedrigere Zinsen und die Auswirkungen der Amtsübernahme von Donald Trump in den USA auf die Regulierung in Europa ein.

Bundesbank First Deputy Governor Sabine Mauderer discusses the financial market fluctuations feared by many, the struggle to establish a common deposit insurance scheme for savers in Europe, the importance of economic growth, Germany as a financial hub, the significance of the capital markets union for the average person on the street and central banks’ responsibilities in respect of climate-related risks.

Was macht einen starken Finanzplatz aus? Muss die Altersvorsorge reformiert werden? Sind Aktien etwas für jedermann? Darüber spricht Sabine Mauderer, Vizepräsidentin der Bundesbank, im Interview mit dem Handelsblatt.

Burkhard Balz is the member of the Bundesbank’s Executive Board tasked with the future implementation of the digital euro. However, the success of the project is not automatically assured. In an interview, Mr Balz explains where there is resistance, what it will entail for us, what the future of cash will look like and what we will see on new banknotes.

We currently appear to be administering the correct ‘dose’ of interest rate increases, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in an interview with the Sunday newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”. In his view, the price outlook is not yet clear enough to cut interest rates. However, he does expect price developments to continue to normalise. 

The turn of the year saw Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer take office as Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a global group of central banks and supervisory authorities committed to forging a more sustainable financial system. The NGFS’s mission is to analyse what climate change and nature loss mean for the financial system