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• First Name: Stefan
• Last Name: Hardt
• Priority: Normal
• Job Title: Director General of Cash Management
• Company: Deutsche Bundesbank
• Country: Germany
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• Session Timeslot: Friday 07/03/2025 10.10-10.30
• Session Title: Session 9 __ Reinventing currency: innovative raw materials and manufacturing processes
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• Session Track: Currency
• Session Type: Presentation
• Session Location: Aqua 1-2
• Role: Speaker
• Bio:

  Stefan Hardt trained as a bank clerk and worked as a loan consultant before joining the Deutsche Bundesbank in 1985. After graduating in Business Administration from the Bundesbank's University of Applied Sciences, he held various positions in cashless payments and banking supervision at the Central Office in Frankfurt am Main.

  In 1996, having successfully completed the civil servant training programme for admission to the Higher Service, Stefan was appointed Deputy Head of the Internal and External Procedures in Cash Payment Operations Division, and subsequently promoted Head of the Future of Cash Office in 2005.

  Stefan became Head of the Cash Payments and Automated Cash Processing Division in 2006 and Deputy Director of General Cash Management in 2009. He was then named President of the Bundesbank's Regional Office in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

  Since January 2015, Stefan is Director General of Cash Management.

• Presentation Title: Chief cashier as a part time job? - Challenges for chief cashiers in times of declining cash usage
• Presentation 2-Line Description: The use of cash as a means of payment is declining in many countries. What strategic adjustments are required, and what role must central banks continue to play in the supply of cash? Stefan will explore the challenges central banks face in effectively managing money supply and liquidity while ensuring inclusive access to cash.
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