Fintech
IMF’s Katz urges central banks not to wait for ‘perfect’ stablecoin regs
Deputy head stresses data collection should start now as AI may accelerate adoption
Podcast: How central banks evade sanctions
Iran, North Korea and Russia are increasingly sharing digital infrastructure and playbooks
Nino Jeladze on overseeing Georgia’s fintech hub ambitions
National Bank of Georgia’s vice-governor speaks about efforts to develop stablecoin and fintech rules that encourage innovation while safeguarding monetary transmission and financial stability
Central banks’ AI policies must ‘catch up’ with times – Adrian
IMF markets head says institutions should act now as future instability may be ‘harder to manage’
Peirce warns crypto vaults and lending may fall under SEC rules
Commissioner urges against legal ‘gymnastics’ to avoid regulation
Bank of Russia confirms new crypto regime
Law forms part of de-dollarisation and alternative payments push as Moscow seeks new ways to evade sanctions
Cipollone outlines digital euro app as ECB readies pilot
Board member says application will ‘leave no-one behind’
Odean White on cyber, natural disasters and geopolitical risks
Bank of Jamaica’s chief risk officer discusses weather event contingency planning, the impact of ‘shocks’ on policy, being proactive on quantum, and countering phishing and AI-enabled attacks
ECB tells banks to plan for AI-related collapse in cyber defences
European Systemic Risk Board warns response times have narrowed from days to minutes
ECB’s T2 suffers second ‘incident’ as Euronext reports outage
Euro and krone T2 settlements queued for 30–40 minutes following system update last month
Tokenisation: making space for financial inclusion and consumer protection
Manoj Singh says potential benefits of tokenisation are being overlooked
Elizabeth McCaul on the need for resilience in cyber security
Former ECB official explains why response preparedness is more important than predicting attacks
With agentic AI, where does the regulatory buck stop?
Supervisors on panel discuss best ways to prevent emerging tech from posing systemic risks
Digital euro passes European Parliament’s first hurdle
Economic and monetary committee’s rapporteur says CBDC will ‘never replace’ cash
BoE publishes ‘final’ stablecoin policy
Systemic sterling stablecoin holding limits swapped for £40bn issuance cap
US and China advance rival digital asset policies
US bans retail CBDCs until 2030, while PBoC official calls for co-ordinated stablecoin regs
Central banks must not outsource critical thinking to AI – panel
As uses for the tools proliferate, central bankers weigh up how to use them safely and ethically
Myths and realities of AI hacking
New artificial intelligence models raise serious concerns about the future security of the international monetary system
Central banks face hydra-headed cyber threats – panel
Geopolitics and concentration risk mean attacks could threaten financial stability as well as operations
Tokenisation poses monetary operations challenges – panel
Officials tell Central Banking London Meetings that 24/7 markets can bring new dilemmas