National Bank of Rwanda
Financial inclusion in Rwanda rising, central bank report says
ATMs and mobile money has helped reduce the number of those financially excluded, governor says; banking sector starting to benefit but high proportion of NPLs in some sectors is a concern
Report finds 11% of Rwandans remain financially excluded
Women and younger people more likely to be financially excluded; share of population excluded falls from 28% to 11%
Domestic inflation remained ‘benign’ in 2015 – Rwandan statement
Inflation in Rwanda continued to record “moderate” and “low” levels throughout last year; current monetary policy stance “justified”
WEF panel sets out plan to develop African capital markets
Rwanda governor says more domestic savings and deeper markets necessary for development; private sector participants praise integration in East Africa
People: Fritz Zurbrügg appointed as SNB vice-chair; Vanoli gets nod from Argentine senate
SNB reshuffles board, with Zurbrügg assuming vice-chair after Danthine retires; Luis Linde replaces Ignacio Visco at the steering committee of the European Systemic Risk Board
Rwandan paper maps out path to financial inclusion
National Bank of Rwanda vice-governor says ‘meaningful’ financial inclusion is measured by constant usage, which ‘lags behind access in most of the cases'
Rwandan governor: East African Monetary Union progressing ‘as planned’
John Rwangombwa says there are ‘big gaps’ between the five member states of the East Africa Community, but he is ‘comfortable’ with the progress towards closing them
IMF and EAC partner up to improve regional statistics
The East African Community will receive technical assistance from IMF in effort to improve its collection of government finance statistics; Rwandan governor says partnership is ‘important’
Rwandan central bank sees inflation and interest rates drop in H1
Semi-annual financial stability statement finds reasons to be cheerful as inflation comes in below target and market rates fall, in line with monetary policy
Rwanda will keep easy policy while inflationary pressures are ‘limited’
National Bank of Rwanda introduces forward guidance in its latest semi-annual monetary policy statement; outlines plans to improve monetary policy transmission mechanism
People: Bank of England names PRA board; Rwanda’s finance ministry and central bank swap chiefs
Bank of England names three board members for new prudential regulator; Claver Gatete switches National Bank of Rwanda governorship with finance minister John Rwangombwa; and more
National Bank of Rwanda highlights payments progress
The number of ATMs, points of sale and debit cards in use has grown rapidly
National Bank of Rwanda highlights stable financial system
Financial stability report says Rwandan banks are well capitalised and have achieved increases in profitability since 2009; warns of high level of non-performing loans and external risks
Rwanda promotes vice-governor
Claver Gatete, the vice-governor at the National Bank of Rwanda, is promoted to governor; former governor Francois Kanimba takes government role
Rwanda launches mobile money scheme
François Kanimba, governor of the National Bank of Rwanda, says the new mobile money system will be closely supervised
First consultations held on currency for East Africa
Bank of Tanzania hosts first meetings on plans for East African Monetary Union
National Bank of Rwanda - Annual Report 2007
The state of Rwanda's public finances worsened in 2007, the central bank's latest Annual Report states.