The financial center OF tomorrow

Bild: Kaleidomania / A. Gaube

Andreas Glänzel, Frankfurt Main Finance
Spokesperson Germany Finance 2023

„Diversity as a strength – that is what distinguishes the financial system in Germany. With Germany Finance, we want to take on the challenges of our time together and highlight the performance of the industry more strongly internationally as well.“

Our goals

stronger together.

Globally compared, Germany is one of the strongest financial center. With Frankfurt as one of the leading international financial centers and its strong regional centers such as Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart or North Rhine-Westphalia guaranteeing international connections and diverse financial services for the economy and people.

Germany Finance is a platform of all regional German financial centers and close cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Finance and GTAI. The common goal is to strengthen Germany as a financial center in the European and international context, to give it a face and to be a point of contact for everyone interested in Germany as a financial center.

Discover the diversity of Germany’s financial centers, the breadth of services offered in the German financial sector, regional focal points and current topics of our joint work.

current topics and trends

facts and figures

1.717 banks and savings banks, 530 insurance companies and 2.983 auditing companies, including the „Big Four“ of the world’s largest auditing firms PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte.
Welcome to the financial center Germany.

Sustainability

Sustainable investments at the financial centre Germany offer new opportunities for companies and investors, especially in challenging and dynamic times.

FinTech

Germany has an active, constantly changing FinTech scene. In all German financial centres, Fintechs have expanded the solutions offered by the financial sector.

human resources

Financial education is becoming increasingly important and affects numerous everyday issues. It is a very important part of economic education and contributes to the development of financial literacy.

FINANCE

When it comes to major economic challenges, financing is often a bottleneck, especially for small and medium-sized companies. In times of crisis in particular, liquid funds can be necessary. In order for companies to take advantage of opportunities and invest, many have to strengthen their capital base.

Current Challenges

The global economic structural change poses massive challenges for financial centers worldwide. This also applies to Germany as a financial center with its diverse regional centers.

facts and figures

Sustainability

Sustainable investments at the financial centre Germany offer new opportunities for companies and investors, especially in challenging and dynamic times.

FinTech

Germany has an active, constantly changing FinTech scene. In all German financial centres, Fintechs have expanded the solutions offered by the financial sector.

human resources

FINANCE

Current Challenges

The global economic structural change poses massive challenges for financial centers worldwide. This also applies to Germany as a financial center with its diverse regional centers.

Our Topics

the latest News at a glance

Jan 19 2023

Financing, Sustainability, Innovation

Transformation Finance News

NRW With the sustainable, climate-neutral and digital transformation and its financing, our economy is facing major challenges. In view of the necessary scale of investments, the central problem of transformation financing is that private capital is actually invested here. For this to happen, investors and capital seekers must find each other and the networking and financial ecosystem must be improved. Our financial centre initiative with its focus on transformation financing serves this purpose. It brings together the banking industry, insurance companies, private equity, stock exchanges, companies and academia and mobilises more capital and awareness for the transformation. FinTechs and InsurTechs complement the solution approaches. For the financial centre and business location, the

Jan 13 2023

Location factors, Sustainability

Frankfurt Main Finance assumes spokesman role at Germany Finance

Germany Finance Since its foundation in 2021, Germany Finance has established itself as a working group of German financial centers. The role of spokesperson will be handed over from Hamburg to Frankfurt as planned for 2023. Frankfurt am Main – As of January 1, 2023, the Frankfurt financial center has taken over the role of spokesperson for Germany Finance and is thus the contact for all contact inquiries. Last year, this role was held by the Hamburg financial center. The spokesperson role of Germany Finance rotates annually among the members of the initiative. The Germany Finance initiative looks back on a successful 2022. Among other things, the HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration was commissioned to conduct a study on Germany as a sustainable finance location in comparison with other Europea

Nov 16 2022

Location factors, Human Resources

Economic education: Does Germany need detention?

Germany Finance Rarely has a fundamental understanding of economic interrelationships been as important as it is today. Economic skills form the basis for a self-determined life in an increasingly complex society. But where does one learn economics? And should economic education start at school? Rising inflation, volatile stock markets and a negative interest rate trend are just a few aspects that are currently shaping economic reporting. „In the current inflationary environment, it is more important than in past decades to have a basic understanding of interest rates, inflation but also risk,“ says Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the general meeting of Frankfurt Main Finance e.V.. Economic competencies form the basis for a self-determined life in an increasingl

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