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Consumers move back to cash payments: Boston Fed paper
Boston Federal Reserve study finds evidence of decline in credit and debit card usage and increase in cash payments during financial crisis
Sepa end-dates should be set in stone: ECB
European Central Bank proposes concrete end-dates for migration to Single Euro Payments Area
Sweden picks famous faces for new banknotes
Riksbank announces motifs to be emblazoned on new banknotes; include actress Greta Garbo, author Astrid Lindgren and singer Birgit Nilsson
Bernanke pledges tough oversight of CCPs
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says reforms to financial market infrastructure will help strengthen supervision of central counterparties
Australia investigates options for updating payments system
Assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia reveals insights into the review being conducted of the country’s payments system
Polish OTC clearer aims for 2012 launch as Europe fragments
Another central counterparty plans to launch in Europe, starting with zloty-denominated interest rate swaps
Zambia’s Fundanga on effects of illegal cross-border trade on monetary policy
Bank of Zambia governor Caleb Fundanga says small-scale cross-border trade could interrupt monetary policymaking
Atlanta Fed paper on evolution of US mobile payments
Atlanta Federal Reserve study says unique set of rules necessary for mobile payments industry to evolve in United States
Central Bank of Colombia paper on too-connected-to-fail
Central Bank of Colombia study calls for too-connected-to-fail rather than traditional too-big-to-fail approach
BoJ’s Miyao pledges continuity of settlements system during planned blackouts
Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ryuzo Miyao says in-house power generation at central bank branches would support settlements systems ahead of planned power shortages
China and HK central banks close to finalising new CNH clearing arrangement
Market participants are close to completing the legal and operational details relating to a new custodian account arrangement that would allow the city's participating banks in offshore renminbi to take credit risk against the People's Bank of China…
Bank Negara Malaysia - Financial Stability Payment Systems Report (2010)
Bank Negara Malaysia Financial Stability Payment Systems Report 2010 says risks to financial stability will be externally driven
Establishment of Southern African currency union delayed: Sarb’s Mminele
South African Reserve Bank deputy governor Daniel Mminele says timeline for adoption of Southern African Development Community single currency will be reviewed
Bank’s Cleland: £5 note replenishing scheme “on track”
Bank of England head of banknotes division Victoria Cleland says £5 note replenishing scheme was on schedule but may need to be stepped up
Interview: Daniela Russo
The European Central Bank's director-general of payments discusses the CPSS-Iosco report on regulating financial market infrastructures
Fiji’s Whiteside on microfinance challenges
Reserve Bank of Fiji governor Barry Whiteside says poor infrastructure presented challenges in extending financial services into the rural areas
Zimbabwe told to look to commercial banks for US coin supplies
Contrary to local media reports, Federal Reserve has not made formal arrangement with Harare
BoJ leaps to action to soothe quake fears
Bank of Japan moves to assure investors that financial infrastructures are still working; central bank will work to maintain smooth liquidity, settlement conditions
Wealth main determinant of bank service distribution: SNB paper
Swiss National Bank study says amount of bank account holders is directly correlated to wealth
Canada to launch first polymer note this year
Bank of Canada set to issue new C$100 polymer banknote in November 2011; says entire series will be unveiled in the spring
Libya’s Bengdara pleads for softer sanctions on central bank: report
Central Bank of Libya governor Farhat Bengdara tells Wall Street Journal he is lobbying for some leniency on central bank sanctions; says cannot return to Tripoli
Bank of England - Payment Systems Oversight Report (March 2011)
Bank of England’s March 2011 Payment Systems Oversight Report says further steps could be taken to reduce risks in UK payment systems
SNB to close Geneva office as cash distribution services are outsourced
Swiss National Bank says Geneva office will close next year as cash distribution services to be carried out by private firms; fifteen staff affected by closure
RBI aims to cut reliance on banknote paper imports by half with new mill
Reserve Bank of India governor Duvvuri Subbarao says new state-of-the-art paper mill will cut imports for banknote paper by “more than half”