Articles by Dan Hardie
Ukraine’s central bank orders transparency for non-bank sector
Non-banks must disclose all beneficial owners to NBU and reform ownership or face losing licences
Chief economist Haldane to leave BoE
Influential thinker on regulation and monetary policy leaves UK central bank to lead think-tank
Lebanese finance ministry and central bank clash over forensic audit
Central bank to release documents to independent auditors this month, finance ministry says
Irish central bank levies record fine for misconduct
CBI fines Ulster Bank Ireland €37.7m over serious failings in “tracker mortgage” scandal
Ukrainian security investigating deputy governor – media reports
Rozhkova accuses former owners of PrivatBank of orchestrating moves to discredit central bank
UK’s FCA lays first-ever criminal charges of money laundering
Regulators charge NatWest with failing to monitor transactions; bank faces unlimited fine
Ukrainian deputy governor accuses central bank of censorship
Rozhkova says governor is using “Soviet”-style practices but NBU spokeswoman attacks “slander”
Irish central bank requests more powers to regulate financial executives
Politicians say scandal at financial firm strengthens case for measures to act against wrongdoing
US sanctions billionaire accused of targeting Ukrainian central bank
Kolomoisky barred from US as former NBU governor calls for him to be charged over alleged $5.5bn theft
Ukraine’s central bank raises rates for first time since 2018
NBU says food and fuel are driving inflation but expects pressures to fall later in year
ECCB persuades states to relax fiscal stance
IMF supports move to deal with pandemic’s effects, warning against “drastic fiscal consolidation”
Nordic and Baltic countries ask IMF for money laundering report
Move follows string of scandals over massive AML breaches in Baltic and Nordic banks
Swiss authorities confirm investigation of Lebanon’s central bank
Attorney-general’s office confirms probe into alleged “money laundering and embezzlement” at CBL
Eurozone needs major resolution reforms, Enria says
ECB supervisor says policy-makers should create new tools to deal with medium-sized banks
Lebanese central bank chief denies ‘Ponzi scheme’
Salameh denies corruption and mismanagement charges, and says currency must float
Is the integrity of Afghanistan’s central bank under threat?
Acting governor fires key staff and is accused of undoing reforms, as World Bank threatens to suspend funds
Divided Libyan central bank holds peace meeting
Central bank’s first board meeting in five years agrees single exchange rate for war-torn country
Federal Reserve joins NGFS
Seven other organisations join as Trump defeat frees Fed to join green network
Maltese ex-finance minister becomes governor despite political dispute
Opposition alleges Edward Scicluna is “bad choice” but Labour government dismisses claims
Danish central bank moves closer to Target settlement systems
National Bank of Denmark applies to use T2 RTGS system and may start using Tips
Lebanese parliament demands central bank audit
Lawmakers say vote overrules banking secrecy laws and central bank must release documents
Forensic auditors walk out of Lebanese central bank
Finance minister says central blank blocked audit as president stresses investigation must continue
Nigerian central bank freezes protestors’ accounts
Central bank says it is carrying out routine investigation, but protestors say it is targeting them
ECB announces independent inquiry into Target2 outage
Main findings on RTGS failure will be published by second quarter of next year, ECB says