Composition

The Forum is composed of high-level representatives from associations of relevant cash actors and public authorities. The Deutsche Bundesbank takes on the role of organiser, chairs the Forum and provides the secretariat. 

Members from the banking industry

  • Working Group on ATMs (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geldautomaten – AGG)
  • National Association of German Cooperative Banks (Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken e.V. – BVR)
  • Association of German Banks (Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V. – BdB)
  • Association of German Public Banks (Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands e.V. – VÖB)
  • German Savings Banks Association (Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e.V. – DSGV)

Members from the field of emergency and crisis preparedness

  • Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe – BBK)

Members from the retail sector

  • Federal Association of Vending Machine Manufacturers (Bundesverband der Warenautomatenaufsteller e.V. – BWA)
  • German Hotel and Catering Association (Deutscher Hotel- und Gaststättenverband e.V. – DEHOGA)
  • German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer – DIHK)
  • German Retail Federation (Handelsverband Deutschland e.V. – HDE)

Member of the group of consumer representatives

  • Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. – vzbv)

Member from the cash logistics and security sector

  • Association of German Cash Service Industry (Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Geld- und Wertdienste e.V. – BDGW)

Additional members may be included or called in as guests on a topic-specific basis.