Awards
Green initiative – regulatory: Banque de France and ACPR
French central bank and prudential regulator created an innovative stress-test methodology
Green initiative – operational: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
ECCB installed its own solar farm in effort to become carbon-neutral
Governor of the year: Mario Marcel
Chile’s governor has expertly navigated a third currency crisis while bolstering the BCCh’s capabilities
ESG portfolio services: Moody’s
US company is offering new ways for central banks to assess and transition their ESG exposures
Asset manager: BNP Paribas Asset Management
Financial institution has helped clients diversify portfolios, boost returns and adopt ESG strategies during pandemic
DCash: motivations, challenges, and lessons from the first monetary union CBDC pilot
Having worked on its Digital Currency Management System since 2016, Bitt has launched the first synthetic CBDC in Barbados, followed by another first in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union in March this year, with more ahead
Expecting the unexpected
Lars Schröder, senior engagement manager at SkySparc, looks at what is driving shifts in central banks’ technology requirements.
Central Banking FinTech & RegTech Global Awards 2021
In March 2021, Central Banking launched its fourth annual FinTech & RegTech Global Awards to showcase some of the groundbreaking projects undertaken in the community. The results are revealed in the awards articles published in this special winners’…
The winners of the 2021 FinTech RegTech Global Awards
Fourth annual tech awards recognise excellence among central banks and the firms they work with
Central Banking FinTech & RegTech Global Awards 2021 virtual ceremony
Winners include the Saudi Central Bank, Central Bank of the UAE, Central Bank of Brazil, and more
The Central Banking Awards 2021 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from the winners of the eighth annual Central Banking Awards
Central Banking Awards 2021: winners in full
Winners in 2021 include the Federal Reserve, Alejandro Díaz de León and Charles Goodhart
Central Banking Awards 2021: final winners unveiled
Awards announced for central bank of the year, economics, risk management and more
Specialised lending initiative: Clearstream
Clearstream is supporting eurozone central banks with their asset purchase programmes
Central bank of the year: The Federal Reserve System
Overwhelming Fed interventions forestalled a damaging global financial crisis
Risk manager: National Bank of Georgia
Liquidity stress tests provided confidence to ease daily thresholds, and offer exchange rate, internal market and financial system support, without forcing the liquidation of illiquid reserves
Treasury systems initiative: Refinitiv
Firm’s data-driven approach is helping central banks stay ahead of fast-moving markets
Initiative of the year: Saudi Central Bank’s business continuity programme
Advanced planning allowed Sama employees and systems to continue operating critical functions despite Covid-19 lockdowns
Risk management technology: Ion Treasury
Firm has championed Libor transition services and assisted the management of reserve positions amid Covid 19
Economics in central banking: ‘Patterns in invoicing currency in global trade’, Emine Boz, Camila Casas, Georgios Georgiadis, Gita Gopinath, Helena Le Mezo, Arnaud Mehl and Tra Nguyen
An extensive data-gathering exercise allowed the authors to shed new light on critical aspects of policy-making in a globalised world
Central Banking Awards 2021: third round of winners revealed
Awards go to central banks and market practitioners for payments, market infrastructure and currency
Currency services: Crane Currency
Firm supported clients’ needs throughout pandemic, while continuing to innovate with launch of micro-optic security features
Financial market infrastructure services: Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s responsive deployment of new liquidity capabilities helped emerging-market central banks cope with pandemic market disruption
Payments and market infrastructure development – wholesale: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
NZ central bank has embraced major payments infrastructure changes to reduce risk and future-proof country’s payments landscape