Financial Stability
QR code payments pave way for borrowing – BIS paper
Chinese merchants that offer QR code payments can more easily access credit from big tech firms
ECB renews repo line for Romanian central bank
Move comes after ECB creates liquidity facility for Poland and renews four other repo lines
US banks anticipate delay to Basel III implementation
New Fed supervision head expected to align schedule with EU and Japan, but time is tight
BoE backs cut to insurers’ capital requirements
Post-Brexit move to ease regulations requires tightening of some other rules, central bank says
BoE’s Woods envisages radically simplified capital regime
Prudential regulation head sketches simplified Basel III alternative
Sudden carbon price rise risks major financial shocks – ECB paper
Model looks at impact on eurozone banks of different decarbonisation measures
FSB-IMF report calls for action on external debt
Study finds authorities were able to manage the Covid crisis but have not fixed underlying problems
Mexico’s Rodríguez says CBDC project will take another year
New estimate would have the Bank of Mexico’s digital currency arriving in 2025
The international effort to manage NBFI risks: where do we stand?
Maurizio Trapanese details progress made during the Italian G20 presidency as well as outstanding macro-pru issues
Turkish central bank tightens reserve regime for lenders
Central bank will also penalise lenders with high levels of foreign-denominated accounts
BoE paper finds benefits from swing pricing
Cost-benefit analysis suggests net benefit to curbing non-bank liquidity risk through swing pricing
Stablecoins revive US narrow banking debate
Legislators suggest simplified bank rules to regulate issuers, but Federal Reserve is cautious
G20 creates fund to guard against future pandemics
WHO says there is a $10.5 billion annual funding gap
Do CBDCs make sense for Latin America?
Steven Kamin says CBDCs may be particularly beneficial to emerging market economies
Russia-Ukraine war revealing financial vulnerabilities – FSB’s Knot
Commodities markets, leverage and cyber attacks “warrant further attention”, says FSB chair
War forcing central banks into ‘delicate balancing act’, says IMF
Sudden repricing of risk could expose vulnerabilities, fund says in latest stability report
PBoC announces policies to help pandemic-stricken economy
Package of 23 measures echoes actions taken in 2020
IMF launches vehicle for SDR transfers
Fund’s aim for $45 billion in transfers seems to fall short of earlier ambitions
Mitigating regulatory risks of mobile payments
Third-party payment providers need to give up data to supervisors to prevent fraud
Sri Lankan central bank postpones sovereign debt repayment
Weerasinghe leads MPC in raising rates by 700 basis points and appeals for funds from overseas
Russian central bank cuts interest rate and lifts some restrictions
Effect of sanctions on Russian economy unclear, commentators say
IMF promises $3 billion financing for Lebanon but demands reforms
Deal depends on monetary policy and central bank reform, as well as banking clean-up, IMF says
Inflation is more painful for the poor, says Brainard
Fed official joins wider discussion about measurement and impact of inflation
Chinese draft law sets up financial stability fund
New government committee would oversee financial stability as concerns grow