Deutsche Bank CFO Has One More Item on Wish List for Regulators

Deutsche Bank AG praised regulators for rushing to help Europe’s lenders in the pandemic, but said there was one thing on its wish list that didn’t make the cut: suspending contributions to region’s fund for winding down failed banks.

Postponing such payments by a year would have freed up about 9 billion euros ($10.3 billion) of capital that banks could have used to support lending, James von Moltke, Deutsche Bank’s chief financial officer, said Wednesday at a virtual panel discussion.

James von Moltke

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While such a measure was discussed and the German government was open to moving back contributions by one ...