Three answers from Association of German Banks’ president Hans-Walter Peters to the ECB decision. [ more ... ]

The private banks are expecting global growth to slow down to around 3% in 2019. “That would be a good half a percentage point less than the average over the past five years and a marked slackening-off,” said Hans-Walter Peters, … [ more ... ]

The heated debate about Facebook’s plans to launch a digital currency called Libra is due to two fundamental perceptions. Firstly, any economic system needs a stable currency – it is a key element of democratically legitimated state sovereignty. [ more ... ]

Following the debate on Facebook’s “Libra” currency, German banks say: The economy needs a programmable digital euro! [ more ... ]

The German banking industry committee (GBIC) comments on the consultation paper of the EU Commission. GBIC answers EU-KOM’s questions on selected topics of the FRTB standardised approach for market risk, in particular on the calculation of capital requirements for positions … [ more ... ]