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BoE considering new form of offline payments for UK
Phase two of digital pound work to start next month, as Bailey softens stance on stablecoins
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BoE’s Woods rejects call to exempt gilts from leverage rule
Bank capital regime must account for sovereign bonds’ interest rate risks, PRA chief says
BoK holds policy at 2.5% and signals room for further cuts
Rhee Chang Yong says four of six board members open to cutting to 2.25% over next three months
ESRB says central banks may be forced to intervene in stablecoin crises
New report lists concerns around regulatory arbitrage, de-pegging and monetary sovereignty
ECB and BoJ officials reject explicit forward guidance
Central bankers promote ‘meeting-by-meeting’ approach to rates setting
BoE plans system-wide test on private credit risks
Bank aims to probe market after First Brands and Tricolor collapses raise alarms about subprime lending
Trump’s ethics a ‘sticking point’ for stalled crypto law
Republican lawmaker says questions about president’s holdings stymied passage of Clarity Act
Lagarde calls for EU-wide clean energy strategy
Integrated capital markets to finance affordable and sustainable sources of power, ECB president says
BCRA deputy governor: weak peso not tied to structural issues
Investors flocking to dollar because of temporary risk aversion ahead of elections, Werning says
Thedéen remains positive about Basel III implementation
Basel Committee chair says reports of the death of global co-operation are ‘greatly exaggerated’
EBA chief urges global action on multi-issuance stablecoins
Reserves backing currency should move “seamlessly” across borders to enable fungibility, says Campa
ECB staff union sues central bank over gag orders
Union alleges that ECB leadership sought to block representative from speaking
AI, low productivity, and trade in focus at G30
Georgieva, Bailey and Lagarde speak on stretched AI evaluations and distortionary trade policies
Let risks stay in non-bank sector, says EU official
Regulators and experts discuss solutions to financial activities migrating outside banking system
Top officials weigh impact of trade war and AI
ECB president says impact of US tariffs has been “exact opposite” of expectations
‘Ghana is back’, says central bank governor
Johnson Asiama speaks on gold programme, sterilisation and tight monetary policy
BoE sets out AI, DLT and quantum computing strategy
Stablecoin limits may be temporary, deputy governor says
Tunisian government to seek monetary financing again
Treasury plans to tap $3.7 billion from central bank to plug fiscal deficit and repay foreign debt
Stability before competitiveness, say supervisors
ECB’s Donnery and BIS’s Restoy discuss merits of imposing secondary mandate on growth
FSB’s Schindler highlights shift in focus for standard setters
Finance ministries are prioritising growth over regulation, but not all post-crisis work is complete
Miran accuses FOMC members of alienating conservatives
‘Singling out one set of policies’ can make conservatives ‘feel they’re opposed to them’, said Miran
MNB files embezzlement charges against building developer
Ballooning building renovation costs prompted inquiry into friend of ex-governor’s son