Public administration How to become a business client

First steps

On a PC, fill out the form “Kundendaten-Meldebogen: Öffentliche Verwaltung” (Customer data reporting form: Public administrations) (see document on the right) with information about your company.
You can find guidance for filling out the customer data reporting form on the right-hand side of this page.
Print out the completed reporting form and sign it at the specified points.
Submit Annex 2 “Bestätigung der Bankverbindung und Identifizierung des Kontoinhabers” (Confirmation of bank account details and identification of the account holder) together with your officially-issued public administration ID card or a valid form of official ID to your account-carrying bank.
Please ensure that your account-carrying bank sends Annex 2 to us. (Section b of Annex 2 is to be completed only by public administrations which do not have an official seal or in cases where your signatures on the reporting form are not authenticated by means of an official seal).
Then send us the originals of the remaining documents for final processing.

What happens once the documents have been sent to the Bundesbank?

We will inform you when we receive your reported data and send you your BMS customer number.
In addition, we will provide you with your mandate reference number and our creditor identifier for the SEPA business-to-business (B2B) direct debit mandate(s).

If you have selected your Bundesbank account for the processing of retail payments, we will make the necessary arrangements for you.
If you have selected an account held with another bank, immediately instruct your account-carrying bank to pay the direct debits received on the basis of the SEPA B2B direct debit mandate with the mandate reference number and creditor identifier you were given.

Which documents do I need to send to the Bundesbank as originals?

The legally binding signed customer data report form including SEPA B2B direct debit mandate(s) for collecting fees and discrepancies
Annex 1: “Erklärung der Einzahler im nicht kontogebundenen Verfahren (Einzel- bzw. Sammel-NiKo Verfahren)” (Declaration of depositors in non-account-based payment procedures (individual and collective deposits for crediting or transfer))

Which documents should be submitted to (and sent to the Bundesbank by) my account-carrying bank for identity check purposes?

Annex 2: “Bestätigung der Bankverbindung und Identifizierung des Kontoinhabers” (Confirmation of bank account details and identification of the account holder)
Optional: Additional forms of ID pursuant to the Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz) (Section b of Annex 2 is to be completed only by public administrations which do not have an official seal or in cases where your signatures on the reporting form are not authenticated by means of an official seal).
Valid identification documents (e.g. identity card, passport)

Your account-carrying bank will make copies of your submitted ID document(s) and send them to the Bundesbank.