Europe is more important than ever. An open, democratic Europe is not only essential for our cohesion and our social progress, but also vital for our economy. The private banks are demonstrating how competitive and attractive Europe can be, also in the future – for its citizens, the economy and a

Strengthening Europe and its financial sector - an agenda until 2029

The German Presidency of the Council of the European Union was shaped by the fight against the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Not only the European recovery programme, which was set up in record time, and the EU budget deal are impressive achievements. #EU2020DE made important progress in

The German Council Presidency – a positive assessment

The spotlight couldn’t be brighter, expectations couldn’t be higher: when it took over the Council Presidency on 1 July 2020, the Federal Government was given the historic task of navigating the European community of states through its choppiest economic crisis since the end of the Second World War

Using the crisis as an opportunity for more integration

The Association of German Banks’ new position paper sets out its calls for future cooperation between the EU and the United Kingdom in the financial sector.

BdB calls for progress in the Brexit-negotiations in a position paper

Europe is more important than ever. An open, democratic Europe is not only essential for our cohesion and our social progress, but also vital for our economy. The private banks are demonstrating how competitive and attractive Europe can be, also in the future – for its citizens, the economy and a st

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Deep and efficient EU financial markets are vital for the financing of the EU’s upcoming challenges – in particular, the transformation or transition of our economy. This realisation, and as a result, the goal of completing EU capital markets union is gaining increasing support. However, 

Position paper on deepening the capital markets

As the key element of the European sustainable finance strategy, the EU taxonomy is the world’s most detailed and comprehensive framework for classifying sustainable economic activities.&nbsp;The regulation, which came into force in 2020, aims to promote the consideration of ESG criteria in the fina

The EU taxonomy for sustainable investments –  an update to our guidance 

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have today published the results of their latest periodic stress test. The previous stress test had been conducted in 2021. From the end of January 2023, credit institutions simulated a baseline scenario and a pes-simistic thre

2023 EU-wide stress test: capitalization of German institutions proves robust in a tough stress scenario

On December 7, 2022, the EU Commission has published a proposal for an EU Listing Act. Amendments on the Prospectus Regulation and Market Abuse Regulation are key elements of this proposal. The German Banking Industry Committee has commented on the proposal of the EU Commission on a EU Listing Act.

EU Listing Act – GBIC comments

The German banking industry rejects, above all, the introduction of a pre-pack procedure and a simplified liquidation procedure for micro-entities, which is intended in the light of an improvement of the Capital Markets Union.

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Comments on the proposal for a Directive for the further harmonisation of insolvency law

In April 2021, the European Commission presented its proposal for regulating artificial intelligence (AI). This proposal is also crucially important to the German economy.

Position Paper on the EU Regulatory Framework for Artificial Intelligence

Tobias Tenner, Head of Digitalisation, emphasizes the necessary balance between all involved parties.

Open Finance Framework: focus on financial data creates imbalance

The European Central Bank has published a report on new digital payment methods that addresses the digital euro. Tobias Tenner, Head of Digitisation, on the ECB’s plans.

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