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South Sudan president fires governor again
President has now fired four governors and eight finance ministers, as multiple crises continue
Tunisian central bank forces state to cut spending plans
Prime minister abandons plan to widen deficit to 14% of GDP after governor refuses to finance it
Lebanese central bank ‘has not handed over audit documents’
Media reports say embattled central bank has not provided basic data on transactions
RBA announces wholesale CBDC project
Australia’s central bank partners with ConsenSys and local banks for proof of concept
Cambodia officially launches quasi-CBDC
Cambodia’s blockchain-powered payment system goes live
Fed eases terms on emergency facility as uncertainty rises
High-frequency indicators suggest US recovery is slowing amid resurgence of virus cases
Egyptian central bank fires head of largest commercial lender
Governor holds emergency meeting with lender’s board but nature of problems is unclear
Argentina changes rates without public notification
Central bank continues its plan to close the gap between main policy rates
BIS could play renewed role amid Covid crisis, scholar says
Fed’s role in dealing with Covid-19’s international effects has parallels with 1960s, historian argues
Green projects ‘demanding’ to find – Norway’s SWF head
Chairman tells lawmakers he may expand fund’s use of external managers
Regulators need common crypto asset standards – policy-makers
“Too many” crypto assets created to avoid regulation, official tells Central Banking summit
Central banks become net gold sellers for first time in 10 years
Sales by gold producers Turkey and Uzbekistan lead decline in global holdings
New polymer banknotes are greener and cheaper – T&T governor
Central bank plans to review coin denomination usage later this year, Alvin Hilaire says
Lagarde warns of ‘negative’ November for eurozone
ECB keeps policy tools unchanged but president says it will recalibrate in December
ECB council gives green light to Frank Elderson’s appointment
Dutch official set to replace Yves Mersch on December 14, but still needs parliamentary backing
Equities have passed the Covid-19 test, reserve manager says
The higher yield and resilience these assets have offered in 2020 may further boost reserve diversification
Bank of Canada ‘recalibrates’ QE programme
Central bank changes programme’s focus as Covid-19 cases climb
ECB says Target2 outage was caused by third-party network device
“Root cause” was software defect in third-party network device in eurosystem’s network – ECB
The winners of the 2020 FinTech and RegTech Global Awards
Central banks and their partners have innovated across machine learning, cloud services, payments and more
Eurozone’s RTGS system suffers major outage
ECB says Target2 system’s production site had to shift to alternative region – rules out cyber incident
Jack Ma slams Basel regulations
Alibaba founder says Basel Accord limits innovation; regulators remain cautious on big tech
Covid-19 to accelerate asset diversification and boost gold
Crisis has accelerated long-term pre-crisis trends stemming from global financial crisis
Regulators fine Goldman $2.9 billion over 1MDB
DoJ says bribes were largest it had discovered, as UK regulators fine US bank $126 million
Ukrainian deputy governor publicly criticises central bank
Governor effectively takes responsibility for banking supervision away from leading reformer