Articles by Central Banking staff
Payment ecosystems remain relatively unchanged over past year
Most central banks help price RTGS services and many do for credit transfers and direct debits
Central banks report having one to three RTGS contingency sites
Most central banks experienced a high-value payment system outage in the last year
Banknotes: April to June 2023
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
ISO 20022 payments messaging adoption rate increases
Majority of central banks uphold plans to transition by 2025
People: April to June 2023
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
More than 80% of central banks are investigating CBDC
Central banks feel negatively about retail digital currencies in their payment systems
Most central banks regulate or operate instant payment systems
Bank accounts, phone numbers and QR codes are most common access tools for instant payments
Major central banks set out CBDC policy debates
BIS and central banks discuss major policy issues that still need to be solved
Most RTGS systems are more than three years old
Nearly 60% of central banks plan to upgrade their RTGS payment system in the next year
Payments Benchmarks 2023 charts
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Most central banks use third-party payment providers
Montran, Swift, and CMA Small Systems come up repeatedly as third parties
Communications Benchmarks 2023 – executive summary
Data reveals comms teams’ structures and strategies, as well as key trends in media usage
US CPI inflation slows to two-year low
Shelter costs contribute to sticky core inflation, but headline CPI comes in below expectations
Around half of communications staff hold master’s degree or above
Over 40% of staff were hired with a communications degree on average
Most people visit central banks’ websites via search engines
Clicks on social media platforms drive around 7% of traffic to central banks’ websites
Most central banks give background briefings on key initiatives to journalists
Practice is dominant across central banks from advanced and emerging economies
Boosting social media and improving websites top priorities for comms teams
Data suggest central banks’ focus on communicating with the public
Communications departments get involved in key policy decisions at varying stages
Early communications involvement in policy decisions raises effectiveness
EME central banks favour social media, AE institutions prefer traditional channels
Central banks actively manage four social media platforms on average
Central banks most effective in monetary policy communications
All participating central banks monitor media to gauge effectiveness of communications
Email, events and seminars top tools for internal communication
But few central banks have a mobile app for staff communication
Most AE central banks split internal and external communications
But those in emerging market economies tend to assign the tasks to a single team
Most central banks have centralised communications teams
Result broadly similar across central banks in advanced and emerging market economies
Communications Benchmarks 2023 charts
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