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Financial education – it’s now or never!

Guest article in the Börsen-Zeitung from 4 November 2024 by Heiner Herkenhoff, CEO of the Association of German Banks.

The private banks want to and will do their part to finally advance financial education.

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Five tips for secure online identification

These precautions ensure that the online identification process is safe and reliable

German banks are required to follow laws that lay out which identity verification procedures they can use to identify clients attempting to open an account or apply for a loan.

Positions

Quantencomputing
Position paper

Quantum Computing in the Financial Sector

Revolutionary approaches and future perspectives under the EU Quantum Act

Quantum computing is regarded as a potentially groundbreaking technology whose concrete impact on the financial industry is not yet fully foreseeable.

 
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Position paper

A competitive banking sector – Europe in action

The paper describes how banks act as a source of financing for the real economy and transformation—and why a competitive, risk-adequate regulatory framework is essential for this.

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.