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ECB Official: Central Banks Must ‘Speed Up’ CBDC Adoption
CBDC // May 06, 2024

Bundesbank’s president said central banks must speed the adoption of digital currency to remain viable. “If you would have asked me 20 years ago if the central bank business model” were “destroyable or not, I would have said no,” Joachim Nagel said on Monday at a Bank...

Bundesbank Head: Digital Euro Should Happen Gradually
Cryptocurrency // September 14, 2021

The digital euro needs to start small to avoid disrupting the banking sector, the head of Germany’s central bank said Tuesday (Sept. 14). During a conference in Frankfurt, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann cautioned against moving too quickly on the digital euro, Reuters reported. “A gradual...

German Central Bank Seeks Tighter Change Post-Wirecard ‘Scandal’
Security & Fraud // July 27, 2020

For the second time in four days, a high-ranking German regulator has called for major changes in response to the Wirecard scandal. In the latest development, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published by newspapers that are part of the Funke media organization...

BaFin Head Says Regulator Had Limited Ability To Regulate Wirecard
Security & Fraud // July 01, 2020

The president of Germany’s financial watchdog agency defended its actions in the Wirecard AG case where $1.2 billion in deposits went missing. Felix Hufeld, head of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, known as BaFin, denied that its regulators failed to investigate Wirecard in what has...

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German Central Bank: Mergers Must Yield ‘Robust’ Competition

September 18, 2024
The chief of Germany’s central bank wants bank mergers to produce robust, competitive institutions. “We need strong and robust banks so that companies can tackle and finance their future tasks,” Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel said while addressing a Commerzbank event in Frankfurt on Wednesday (Sept. 18). “In case of possible mergers, it is important that […]

ECB Official: Central Banks Must ‘Speed Up’ CBDC Adoption

May 06, 2024
Bundesbank’s president said central banks must speed the adoption of digital currency to remain viable. “If you would have asked me 20 years ago if the central bank business model”...

Bundesbank Head: Digital Euro Should Happen Gradually

September 14, 2021
The digital euro needs to start small to avoid disrupting the banking sector, the head of Germany’s central bank said Tuesday (Sept. 14). During a conference in Frankfurt, Bundesbank President...

German Central Bank Seeks Tighter Change Post-Wirecard ‘Scandal’

July 27, 2020
For the second time in four days, a high-ranking German regulator has called for major changes in response to the Wirecard scandal. In the latest development, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann...