Official Record
MAS partners with financial inclusion foundation on digital currency system
Central bank officials will sit on the Mojaloop Foundation’s management boards
Sarb conducting feasibility study for retail CBDC
Central bank to investigate issuance of a “general-purpose” complement to cash
EBA finds ‘big differences’ in use of EU green taxonomy
Risk-mapping exercise finds average “green asset ratio” of 8%
Energy prices boost eurozone inflation in April
Consumer price index increased year on year by 1.6%, as energy prices increased by 10%
Icelandic central bank hikes rate as inflation climbs
Central bank faces trade-off as unemployment remains high
Over 4,000 FCA staff complete mandatory cyber training
FCA spends $26,990 on cyber security course
NY Fed updates Treasuries purchasing programme
New York Fed changes maturity ranges and sector weights of bond purchases
ECB rate-setters ‘broadly agree’ with loose policy
Governing council members warned financing conditions were still tighter than in December 2020
Swedish investors favour EU-wide securities market harmonisation
But public consultation receives some resistance to using Target2-Securities for Swedish securities settlement
CBDCs must be interoperable – Swift and Accenture paper
Swift plans new CBDC trials for members across traditional payment rails
Pandemic did not harm public trust in Dutch banks – DNB survey
Central bank study says 80% of participants maintain confidence in financial sector
Kazakhstan’s central bank announces CBDC pilot
Central bank says it will issue token-based prototype to lenders
MAS launches new regtech grant
S$42 million fund will help firms test new digital products before full deployment
Georgia’s central bank launches CBDC project
Central bank says private sector involvement will be “crucial”
Colombia’s central bank revises up growth forecast
Board maintains rates at 1.75%, as IMF says delays in vaccination could hamper recovery
RBNZ does not have ‘adequate’ AML/CFT resource – FATF report
New Zealand central bank needs more AML/CFT resources and tougher penalties
Tajikistan central bank announces rate hike
Currency devaluation in 2020 has added to inflationary pressure
BoJ forecasts weaker inflation but stronger growth
Inflation still negative in Japan but likely to inch above zero this year, forecasts suggest
MAS proposes ‘unbundling digital currency stack’
Layers of governance could allow single common settlement platform for CBDCs
Supporting Pacific islands should be ‘strategic priority’ for banks – Orr
RBNZ governor says banks must show ‘courage’ and provide services through good times and bad
IMF praises Chile’s Covid-19 response
Fund warns against new withdrawals from pension system
Central banks halt longer-term dollar liquidity auctions
Major central banks will no longer offer dollar liquidity at the 84-day maturity
Mexican 100-peso note wins international award
Banknote depicting seventeeth-century nun and poet wins International Bank Note Society accolade
Eurozone’s public debt rose sharply in 2020 – official figures
Public debt in the bloc jumped to 98% of GDP in wake of Covid-19, Eurostat says