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People: Banque de France deputy nominated to EU Commission
Turkey fills two vacant deputy posts; Fed appoints head for new FedNow payments service; Iceland looks for director of financial stability replacement; FSB appoints Norman Chan’s replacement
The winners of the 2019 Fintech and Regtech Global Awards
Prizes awarded for outstanding work at the cutting edge of financial technology
Chile cuts rates again on lower inflation forecasts
Central bank reduces policy rate by 50 basis points to 2%; signals more stimulus may be needed
Trade war may delay renminbi as reserve currency, says reserves manager
Central banks are cautious when building renminbi reserves due to legal and liquidity issues
Lagarde tells lawmakers eurozone must reform
Candidate for ECB president hints at possible greater openness to civil society groups
Central banks ‘must engage’ with emerging technology – BoE’s Mills
PRA chief operating officer says BoE is planning new regtech projects
Central Banking Fintech and Regtech Awards 2019 – as it happened
Live coverage from the Fintech and Regtech Awards ceremony in Singapore
ECB’s Mersch attacks Facebook over ‘cartel-like’ libra structure
Senior ECB official accuses currency project of “treacherous promises”
Sri Lanka asks Singapore to extradite ex-governor
Authorities seek to try Arjuna Mahendran on charges of financial crime
Fed economists propose alternative to floor system
Pre-crisis BoE framework may preclude need for further ‘technical adjustments’, researchers say
Hong Kong introduces resolution facility after FSB peer review
Updated funding framework could aid embattled banks in case of liquidity crunch
Tanzanian central bank fines lenders over in-country data centres
Move comes as doubts grow over quality of banking sector and official statistics
New Austrian governor says ECB should tighten policy
Robert Holzmann is distinguished pensions specialist and supporter of hard-right political party
Argentina reimposes currency controls as peso plummets
Authorities aim to stem depreciation of peso, which has fallen 23.9% against dollar since August 11
Former finance minister set to lead Maldives Monetary Authority
Previous governor resigned in July amid allegations of attempting to obstruct an investigation
Lagarde calls for eurozone-wide fiscal capacity
Eurozone nations should have counter-cyclical fiscal instrument and common treasury – Lagarde
A key message from Jackson Hole: policy must globalise
Setting policy in isolation is becoming untenable and spillovers must be considered more, remarks suggest
Bank of Mexico’s board disagreed on last rate cut – minutes
One board member opposed recent 25bp rate cut due to high inflation and uncertain fiscal outlook
RBA sheds light on new ‘Martin’ macro model
Large-scale “macroeconometric” model designed to balance flexibility and theoretical rigour
Greek authorities drop corruption probe into governor
Stournaras says “character assassination” was a plot against him
ECB and EU auditors sign deal on supervisory data access
Auditors will view sensitive documents in controlled environment, ECB says
Europe’s regulators grope for value of software
EBA looks for right approach to classifying financial firms' software investments
Argentina opens IMF talks as crisis deepens
Government extends debt maturity and pledges reserves will not be used to repay international investors
BoE policy-makers face fallout from political chaos
November policy decision could be unveiled on an election day; new analysis by MPC members suggests worst economic impact yet to come