Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA)
Collapse in PMA index adds to bleak outlook for Palestinian economy
Palestine Monetary Authority records ‘enormous' drop in its business cycle indicator for the West Bank; follows IMF report warning of ‘dim' future for economy if peace negotiations fail
Palestinian annual report highlights infrastructure progress
Palestine Monetary Authority details successful projects completed in 2012, including the introduction of the region's ‘most efficient’ RTGS system
Palestine to get new retail payments system
Palestine Monetary Authority announces deal for new electronic payments system; ATM machines and points of sale will become accessible to all debit cards without additional charges
PMA launches three-pronged social media strategy
Palestine Monetary Authority launches Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts, putting it among the relatively few central banks worldwide that use multiple social media
Palestine Monetary Authority finds greater parity between West Bank and Gaza territories
Palestinian central bank develops business-cycle indicator to assess economic performance in real time; finds gap in performance between two territories is shrinking
PMA gains new authority over payments systems
Decree law gives Palestine Monetary Authority green light to promote ‘modern e-banking services’; Jihad Alwazir says new systems will increase efficiency while reducing risks
PMA annual report shows economic mismatch between Gaza and West Bank
Palestine Monetary Authority says growth in Gaza Strip ran four times faster than in the West Bank in 2011, but economic gap between regions persists
IMF praises PMA as Palestine bids for statehood
Palestine Monetary Authority “now in a position to carry out functions of a central bank” as the territory bids for statehood recognition as of September
Palestine launches new RTGS system
Palestine Monetary Authority Real-Time Gross Settlement system allows for developments in online and mobile banking
Palestine launches hybrid payments system
Palestine Monetary Authority’s new interbank payments system described as development towards statehood
PMA's Alwazir: reform agenda continues
The recent escalation of the conflict with Israel wreaked havoc on Gaza's banking sector. But the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) has ploughed on with its reform efforts
Palestine Monetary Authority - Annual Report 2007
Last year Palestinian economic conditions improved somewhat last, the latest Annual Report from the Palestine Monetary Authority states.
Israel sends fresh batch of banknotes to Gaza
The Bank of Israel has delivered a new supply of banknotes to the Gaza Strip to avert a cash shortage, say local media reports.
Light in Gaza
Jihad Alwazir, the governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority, tells Claire Jones how the central bank is reforming the state’s banking sector and why the institution needs to be a “jack of all trades”
MPs call for sack for Palestine central bank chief
MPs are urging Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to sack the governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority, AFP reported this week, saying the appointment was never approved by parliament.
IMF says PMA not a central bank yet
The IMF has said in a press conference that the Palestine Monetary Authority is "not a central bank yet in that their role really is, at the present time, confined to banking supervision and also the holding of required reserves to banks operating in…