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Implementation of the amended Distance Selling Directive (EU 2023/2673)

Of 22 November 2023 into German law

The German Banking Industry Committee (DK) has issued a statement on the draft bill (RefE) of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) for a ‘Law Amending Consumer Contract and Insurance Law’ dated 9 July 2025.

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Financing affordable living space: challenges and solutions

The German government has made it its mission to create affordable housing. And rightly so, because the federal government forecasts a need for 320,000 new apartments per year until 2030. Construction is too slow, too expensive, and not happening on a large enough scale. Banks can provide impulses in the ongoing discussion from a financing perspective.

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EU-wide stress test: German institutions are resilient

Requirements for capital calculations less plausible

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have today published the results of their regular stress test. The last stress test took place in 2023.

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Position paper

Transition as a driver of economic strength

Perspectives from private banks on the path to a sustainable future

This paper offers an impetus to view the green transition as a significant opportunity for Germany and Europe as business locations. In order to achieve this, there needs to be joint commitment from policymakers, businesses and financial institutions to actively and constructively shape this change.

The Association of German Banks in numbers

180

Employees work for the Association of German Banks

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

171

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

21

Fintechs are among our members