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For all that the clock is ticking and the end of the transition phase is drawing nigh. The worlds of ...

Position Paper

The primary goal of the negotiations between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) shall be to ensure ...

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In its third position paper the association underlines the rapidly growing demand for a programmable euro and recommends that Europe ...

Position Paper

Position of the Association of German Banks on the future of a digital monetary and payments order

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The proposed changes (phase 2 of the IASB project) are intended to mitigate the effects that replacing an existing reference ...

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GBIC has answered the European Central Bank consultation on changes to Regulation (EU) No 1409/2013 of 28 November 2013 concerning ...

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The newly elected President of the Association of German Banks, Martin Zielke, has praised the swift and decisive action of ...

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Handover of office at the Association of German Banks: Martin Zielke, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank ...

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Facebook today issued a new position paper announcing changes to its digital currency, Libra coin. Andreas Krautscheid, Chief Executive of ...

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Digital currency is a hugely important topic for the German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) for a number of reasons. Firstly, ...

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By-laws of the Deposit Protection Fund valid from February 2020

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The Association of German banks comments on the Basel discussion paper on designing a prudential treatment for crypto-assets.

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Association of German Banks President Hans-Walter Peters has described as positive above all the package of measures adopted today by ...

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The General Meeting of the Association of Banks in Hesse elected two new Deputy Chairmen of the Board of Managing ...

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In the face of the widening coronavirus crisis, Association of German Banks President Hans-Walter Peters has argued for concrete measures ...

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GBIC has answered the European Central Bank consultation on changes to Regulation (EU) No 1071/2013 of 24 September 2013 concerning ...

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The European Commission presented its "Roadmap towards a new comprehensive approach to preventing and combating money laundering and terrorism financing". ...

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GBIC has answered the Single Resolution Board's (SRB) consultation on changes to its MREL policy.

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published the draft of the revised Implementation Standard (ITS) for the annual benchmarking exercise ...

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The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) issued an opinion on the EIOPA round table "Mortgage life and other credit protection ...

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The European Union’s equivalence regime has been a focus of discussion in the recent past. The Association of German Banks ...

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GBIC has answered the European Banking Authority's (EBA) consultation on technical implementation standard (ITS) on disclosure and reporting of MREL ...

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As outlined in the revised RTS for consultation as well as in the EBA Peer Review Report published in mid-January ...

Position Paper

In its position paper, the banking association makes eight concrete proposals for deepening capital markets union.