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Gourinchas to step down as IMF chief economist
Research department head is returning to academia
Australian payments authorities consult on shared tech strategy
Digital IDs expected to become central in payments, as tokenisation forms parallel system
Bank of Botswana hikes rates in bid to boost transmission
Central bank admonishes lenders for ‘undermining the policy intent’
Solomon Islands governor calls for reduced reliance on mining
Luke Forau urges greater focus on boosting agriculture and tourism sectors
Cash needed for resilience, say eurozone central banks
Institutions from Austria, Germany and Spain outline why hard currency remains key
Thailand holds policy as expected
BoT says Middle East conflict has had direct impact on domestic growth
BoE says more work needed on UK bank capital requirements
Executive director for prudential policy David Bailey says leverage ratio among issues under review
NBFI oversight ‘no longer adequate’, say BdF economists
Researchers call for stronger supervision of non-bank sector ‘before risks actually materialise’
Cash remains king during extreme weather events – study
Payment system resilience relies on fallback options during digital outages, authors argue
BoJ holds rates and halves growth forecast
Three dissenting votes mark largest split under Ueda, who points to ‘significantly’ higher inflation
PNG chief says getting off FATF grey list a ‘national priority’
Papua New Guinea was placed on body’s AML/CFT monitoring list in February
Regulators must adapt to monitor AI risks in payments – paper
IMF authors point to tension between probabilistic agents and payment systems’ deterministic needs