The Bundesbank thus takes due account of the variety of systems operated by its customers by providing them with open and, in the broadest terms, neutral access, to its services. This principle is also being applied to the opening of large-value payment procedures for worldwide remote access.
The Bank applies a positive interest rate of 0.1 percent to the outstanding balances of current accounts held by financial institutions at the Bank that correspond to the amounts outstanding of loans provided through this operation, and has encouraged financial institutions to make use of the operation.