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Market Integration and Supervision Package

The Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP) published by the European Commission in December 2025 is a substantial step toward enhancing and integrating EU capital markets.

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Treat yourself to training leave!

Employees are allowed to take time off for personal development once a year. In many German states, they even have a legal right to take educational leave.

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Position paper

Focus on financial education 2026

Financial literacy is a key issue for Germany’s future. At a time of demographic change, rising living costs and structural pressure on social security systems, financial literacy is crucial to ensuring equal opportunities, providing for the future and maintaining economic stability.

 
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Position paper

Shareholder Rights Directive III

Position paper on Chapter Ia

The European Commission work programme for 2026 includes a plan to evaluate the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD). The key to success is a targeted revision of Chapter Ia SRD II and the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 (Implementing Regulation).

The Association of German Banks in numbers

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Employees work for the Association of German Banks.

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locations. We work in Berlin, Brussels and Frankfurt/Main.

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members are part of our association, mainly private banks operating in Germany.

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Fintechs are among our members.