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Brazil holds rates at 15% with hawkish guidance
Rate-setters say they would “not hesitate to resume” hiking cycle if necessary
Sama enables Google Pay, to launch Alipay+ by 2026
Saudi central bank expands payment system to global players in digitalisation drive
National Bank of Serbia holds rates
Summertime inflation warrants restrictive policy, central bank says
Russia eases by 100bp in third consecutive rate cut
Governor says decision was warranted by falls in both inflation and economic activity
AI ‘explainability’ a growing problem for supervisors – paper
Better guidance may be needed on model risk management, Basel-based FSI says
Investors pledge $510m to Singapore’s green investment fund
Central bank says venture will finance sustainable infrastructure across Asia
Central banks purchasing less gold, says WGC
July figures show a slowdown in net purchases of the precious metal
Belize clarifies moneylender annual fees cap at 144%
Central bank says it is striving to reduce overall fees, improve transparency and cut predatory lending
North Macedonia reshuffles reserve requirements
Central bank eyes more long-term, dinar-denominated savings and stronger deposit base for banks
Bank Indonesia makes second surprise rate cut
Consecutive cuts come despite strong second-quarter growth
Zimbabwe’s wholesale payment system goes down
Central bank’s website and RTGS experience outage due to “technical challenge”
Egypt’s president renews term of central bank chief
Acting governor Hassan Abdalla begins fourth year in post amid economy recovery
ECB’s Machado renews push for deposit insurance scheme
Breakthrough in resolution framework paves way for more integration, supervisory board member says
SNB opens poll on altitude-themed banknotes
Central bank asks public for views on designs based on Switzerland's ‘unique topography’
Trump picks Miran to replace Kugler on Fed board
Adviser set to take up role until January as president continues search to replace Powell as chair
Chile launches programme to shore up FX holdings
Central bank aims to increase reserves by 40% and reduce role of foreign currency credit lines
ECB to apply climate risk to collateral framework
Move expected to reduce value of assets in bank’s refinancing operations
Stablecoins could increase EU’s dependency on US – ECB official
Strategy needed to maintain monetary policy autonomy and financial stability, says Schaaf
Ukraine opts to keep rates higher for longer
Central bank holds at 15.5% and says policy must remain “rather tight” if 5% inflation target is to be met
RBA waiting for more data before deciding whether to cut rates
Minutes of last meeting show board favoured easing but was split over when it should occur
RBNZ pushes back implementation of deposit-taker regulations
Central bank says rules will now come on line in December, rather than July, of 2028
Botswana increases pula crawl rate to defend reserves
Central bank will also charge lenders higher margins to access FX
RBA announces private partners for wholesale tokenisation project
Central bank to issue CBDC on third-party platforms and work with Australian dollar stablecoin issuers
Negative interest rates are last resort – BdF governor
Villeroy de Galhau outlines “order of operations” for deploying monetary policy tools