European Central Bank

Author Antti Heinonen to present his book at the Bundesbank’s stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair. FRANKFURT, 2-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bank of Finland Suomen Pankki and the Deutsche Bundesbank will present the book First Euros – the Creation, … Read the full press release →

Credit standards on loans to enterprises were eased by banks in net terms, for the first time since the second quarter of 2007. Banks reported a narrowing of their margins on riskier loans to enterprises, for the first time since … Read the full press release →

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing a legal act that has been adopted today relating to the targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs). The TLTROs are designed to enhance the functioning of the monetary … Read the full press release →

Contract value of about € 170 million, including mechanical and electrical works and an option to operate and maintain the tunnel for five years Construction time 2014–2020 Gothenburg, Sweden, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Züblin Scandinavia AB, a Swedish subsidiary of the … Read the full press release →

TARGET2 processed 91% of the total value settled by large-value euro payment systems Value of transactions decreased by 22.2% on account of new data collection methodology Almost 57,000 credit institutions across the world can be addressed via the system Frankfurt … Read the full press release →

Zurich, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the European Central Bank (ECB), the central banks of the euro area (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) … Read the full press release →

Madrid, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Linette Field, the current Head of Division of the Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision II of the European Central Bank, has been appointed to head one of the six Deputy Directorates General of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which … Read the full press release →

The DZ BANK Group’s profit before taxes increased 68.5 per cent to an all-time high of € 2.2 billion Good operating performance throughout the entire DZ BANK Group Positive earnings effect due to reversals of impairment losses in DG HYP’s … Read the full press release →

France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain to be covered via this new approach to asset servicing/Citi and Erste Group Bank to also join T2S asset serving model to include Greece and Austria/Clearstream progresses towards T2S readiness Luxembourg, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release →

Draft Framework Regulation sets out how ECB will cooperate with national competent authorities (NCAs) Final version to be published by 4 May 2014 ECB to fully assume its supervisory tasks on 4 November 2014 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release →

Prior to the unveiling of the new €10 in January 2014, European Union residents can discover the note’s security features in a competition to be launched today. 20 high-scoring players will win €5 VIP banknotes from the Europa series personally … Read the full press release →

Frankfurt, Germany, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — National Bank of Serbia, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Serbia and the European Central Bank (ECB) today celebrated the completion of an extensive cooperation agreement with the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) to help the … Read the full press release →

Amount intended to be saved at approximately EUR 5,200 Average amount intended to be borrowed: EUR 72,400 Austrian economy considered to be doing well compared to EU Vienna, Austria, 26-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — How much money do Austrians plan to put aside … Read the full press release →

Madrid, Spain, 18-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In view of the interest in the incompatibility rules for directors general of the Banco de España, the Executive Commission wishes to clarify the following: 1) The incompatibility rules for the Governor and Deputy-Governor are regulated in … Read the full press release →

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ —  The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the October 2013 euro area bank lending survey today. The bank lending survey, which is conducted four times a year, … Read the full press release →

Brussels, Belgium, 01-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A delegation from the European Commission, in liaison with the European Central Bank, carried out the fourth review of the financial sector assistance programme for Spain from 16 September to 27 September 2013. The International Monetary … Read the full press release →

17-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — This year’s EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS of the European Central Bank (ECB) features artists from Latvia – the next country to adopt the euro. Under the motto “Enchanting Latvia”, a range of cultural venues across Frankfurt am Main will … Read the full press release →

17-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bank of England and European Central Bank (ECB) are today announcing an extension of their temporary reciprocal swap agreement (swap line) to Tuesday 30 September 2014. The swap line was established in December 2010 to enable the … Read the full press release →

02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to introduce gender targets with the aim of doubling the share of women in management. By end of 2019, 35% of middle management positions (Heads of Division, … Read the full press release →

Ljubljana, 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bank of Slovenia, in coordination with Slovenian Ministry of Finance, has commissioned a system-wide Asset Quality Review (AQR) and bottom-up Stress Testing (ST) exercise in line with European Council’s recommendations (Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on … Read the full press release →