Germany finance regulator: banks strong but uncertainty high
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Germany's banks are strong, but uncertainty remains high, warns BaFin's Mark Branson. Potential impacts from the non-banking sector cannot be ruled out.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Mark Branson, the president of Germany's bank watchdog BaFin, said on Wednesday that the nation's financial firms were in a strong position but that uncertainty would remain extremely high.
"The possibility that problems in the non-banking sector have an impact on banks cannot be ruled out just because we have weathered the turbulence well so far," Branson said.
(Reporting by Tom Sims and Frank Siebelt, Editing by Rachel More)
The article discusses the strength of Germany's banks and the high level of uncertainty in the financial sector as noted by BaFin.
Mark Branson stated that Germany's financial firms are strong but warned of high uncertainty and potential impacts from the non-banking sector.
The financial sector has weathered recent turbulence well, but vigilance is necessary due to ongoing uncertainties.
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