Lending to a climate neutral Germany 2045
Banks are jointly developing methods in Germany’s – Net Zero Banking Alliance – through loan portfolios in the financial centre of Frankfurt.
First conceivable results are at hand.
Financial Big Data Cluster and GAIA-X
Economic players are currently joining forces to form a Financial Big Data Cluster (FBDC) to build a cloud-based platform for the financial sector, that will integrate financial data from companies, public authorities and academia in a common pool, and be optimized for AI applications.
Digital Central Bank Currencies
The implementation of a digitally generated currency – the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – is currently the topic everyones talking about. At present, the European Central Bank – here in Frankfurt, is examining under which conditions the digital euro could be introduced safely.
With asset quality on the brink, supervisors’ focus on credit risk is growing
Key observations from the first quarter of 2021 and what banks can expect going forward.
100 Women in Finance
Frankfurt am Main / New York. The international organization “100 Women in Finance” will launch on May 4, 2021 with a virtual Germany kick-off event. Frankfurt is expected to become the 27th location.
The digital euro should be anonymous
The ECB has published the results of a public consultation on the digital euro: people are particularly concerned about the question of the traceability of money flows.
AFME/OMFIF European Financial Integration Conference
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) joins WAIFC
Supporting SMEs with sustained post-pandemic economic recovery
WAIFC Survey: International financial centers, national governments, central banks, regulators and supranationals relief measures to sustain the private sector and SMEs.
EBRD Transition Report 2020-21: The State Strikes Back
The EBRD seeks to foster the transition to an open market-oriented economy and to promote entrepreneurship in the economies where it invests. To perform this task effectively, the Bank needs to analyse and understand the process of transition. The purpose of the Transition Report is to advance this understanding.
