
Martina Horáková
Martina Horáková is managing director of the International Mint Industry Association and an independent central banking and regulatory specialist with 15 years of experience in research, publishing, event content production and knowledge management.
She previously worked for a decade at Central Banking, where she led research programmes, produced seminars and wrote analytical content, before founding her own consulting and content company.
Horáková has produced numerous analytical articles in various publications, as well as a book, Financial independence and accountability for central banks, co-edited with Kenneth Sullivan. She studied economics at FU Berlin, and holds an MSc in development economics from SOAS University of London.
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Articles by Martina Horáková
Legislation is needed for future-reliable cash infrastructure
Dutch finance ministry’s recognition of cash’s “very important” role is a welcome step, says Martina Horakova
Legal certainty: the Achilles’ heel for CBDCs?
Many central banks lack legal certainty when it comes to issuing digital currencies. Isn’t it time to get the lawyers involved?
Cash infrastructure as public good – implications for the cash cycle
Eurosystem is seeking to safeguard cash infrastructure even as transaction volumes plunge
Euro project failed to deliver on convergence promise
Uneven and diverging competitiveness lies at the core of the euro crisis, says Costas Lapavitsas, professor in economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London
Uganda launches early retirement scheme
Two-hundred and fifty employees at the Bank of Uganda have retired as the retirement age is reduced to 55 years old
FSB probes deposit insurance response to crisis
Financial Stability Board launches peer review of deposit insurance systems; highlights cross-border relations and crisis response
Eurozone authorities are losing credibility – CNB’s Singer
Credibility is key in crisis resolution and European authorities are failing to achieve, warns Miroslav Singer, the governor of the Czech National bank
Central bank capital levels: do they matter and what can be done?
Central bank capital levels: do they matter and what can be done?
Volcker dismisses prop trading criticism
Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker sweeps aside concerns that banks might not be able to differentiate between trading on their own books and on clients' behalf
Czech fury at ECB negative capital view
Czech central bank objects to ECB's denigration of negative capital in its Convergence Report
Eurosystem continues to shed staff
Number of eurozone central bankers has fallen by almost 10% over past five years
Ex-RBI’s Reddy: roll back financial globalisation
Former governor of the Reserve Bank of India calls for creation of new Bretton Woods institution