Central Bank of Brazil (BCB)
People: ECB appoints new head of macro-pru
BIS names Innovation Hub directors; Bundesbank sends representative to Madrid; and more
People: IMF deputy managing director to leave
Mitsuhiro Furusawa to depart IMF; Brazil and Costa Rica to appoint board members; and more
Brazil makes largest rate hike in decades on fiscal concerns
Inflation continues to grow, as mid-month reading hits 10.3% in October
Central bank communications ‘after’ Covid
From crisis responses to coping with sudden digitisation, Covid-19 forced central bank comms teams to innovate fast. How much of it will stick?
Brazil central bank spends $1bn to support real
Local currency has declined more than 10% against the dollar since June
Campos Neto named in Pandora Papers
Investigation identifies Brazil governor as stakeholder in four offshore companies
Brazilian central bank raises rates and promises further hikes
MPC forecasts policy rate will rise by 200 bp and cautions government against expansion
Do central banks have enough resources to meet tech challenge?
Accelerating technological evolution, difficulties accessing and retaining technical staff, and limited resources will present growing challenges for central banks in the future
Brazil’s Goldfajn to be IMF western hemisphere chief
Former central bank governor to take post vacated by Alejandro Werner
Brazil delays integrating payments into ‘open banking’ project
Phase three of project delayed to October after technical difficulties emerge
Brazil’s supreme court upholds central bank autonomy law
Opposition parties had challenged constitutionality on procedural grounds
Brazilian minister says Mercosur could have single currency
President has also suggested monetary union with members of trade area
Viruses of a different kind: bolstering central bank IT frameworks
Remote working on a large scale had never been done before, but central banks appear to have successfully adapted IT and cyber frameworks
Brazil accelerates tightening cycle with 100bp rate hike
Central bank takes key policy rate to 5.25%, as inflation increased by 8.4% in June
Sanctioned disobedience: the challenge of protecting whistleblowers
Most central banks have policies on whistleblowing, but practice and usage vary widely
Covid and the cloud: a turning point for central banks?
As central banks embrace new technology, providers are jostling to be first in line
People: Bank of Canada names senior deputy governor
New governor in Turkmenistan; Malaysian SWF gets new director; and more
People: Sam Woods reappointed; Fernanda Nechio returns to SF Fed
BoE deputy gets fresh term; Nechio to lead regional Fed’s sustainability research; and more
Fed extends nine dollar swap lines to year’s end
Federal Reserve established liquidity arrangements with foreign partners at start of pandemic
Brazil’s MPC raises rate and tightens forward guidance
Central bank warns energy crisis and difficulties in restoring supply are boosting inflation
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
Former Brazilian governor dies
Carlos Langoni, who led the central bank from 1980 to 1983, fell victim to Covid-19
Brazilian central bank publishes CBDC guidelines
Model under consideration would be intermediated by national financial system