Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)
Rethinking capital-flow resilience in an age of recurring shocks
Amro’s Yasuto Watanabe and Takuya Yoshioka argue that policy-makers need a range of credible monitoring and policy tools to address the next major shocks
Asia-Pacific central banks say AI risks require ‘vigilance, agility’
MAS and BoT also sign anti-fraud MoU on sidelines of meeting involving 11 monetary authorities
Asean’s expanding and evolving swap lines
The Asian trade bloc – with and without China, Japan and South Korea – wants to strengthen emergency liquidity support
HKMA joins push for yuan-rupiah settlement and exchange
Renminbi clearing bank to be established in Indonesia as country’s largest lender joins Cips
Banknotes: April to June 2026
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Helder Lopes on Timor-Leste’s transformation now the oil has run out
The Central Bank of Timor-Leste (BCTL) governor speaks to Chris Jeffery and Jono Thomson about dollarisation amid US policy unpredictability, managing legacy Petroleum Fund investments, Asean membership, digitalisation and financial deepening, and a long…
BNM and BI boost co-operation amid ‘challenging’ geopolitics
Banks say agreement aims to promote regional stability and sustainable growth
Asean+3 to prioritise digital cross-border payment co-operation
Group looking to open joint forum on tokenisation and stablecoins
‘There is agency’: experts say countries can deal with tariffs
‘Bad behaviour’ by US and China has brought many other nations together, speakers say
Asean pledges deeper integration in face of Middle East uncertainty
Bloc’s finance ministers and central bank governors highlight increased geopolitical risks
Geopolitics becoming ‘key risk’ for central banks – panel
Experts at ECB conference say political upheaval now a greater concern than price growth
Monetary policy in Asia since the pandemic
Asean+3 nations must plan to tackle ‘disturbance’, ‘structural’ and ‘radical’ uncertainty using a disciplined policy mix to preserve price stability amid global shocks, writes Dong He
Nexus picks operators to build and run ‘network of networks’
CEO expects global scalability following launch of multi-country fast payments linkage
BoK and BI’s QR payments link to come online in April
South Korea and Indonesia also renew $7.3bn currency swap agreement for five years
AI and tokenised finance are reshaping financial trust
Amro’s CEO Yasuto Watanabe argues that sustained policy attention is needed to ensure the foundation of trust remains resilient amid financial transformation
Legal threat to Fed accelerates Asean+3 contingency planning
AMRO chief economist says central bank independence of paramount importance for stability
CBDCs versus instant payments
Are technological and ecosystem advances using CBDCs and instant payments complementary or substitutes?
Dollar remains central to Philippines economy, BSP says
Central bank discusses its responses to currency fluctuations and fallout from political scandal
Renato Gomes on Pix, Drex and digital asset regulation
Brazil’s deputy governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about pros and pitfalls of open finance, financial inclusion and crime on Pix, and the need to sideline DLT for Drex phase 3
DBS becomes Singapore’s second RMB clearing bank
PBoC and MAS agree to deepen collaboration on securities, e-CNY and other areas
US policies could create challenges for MAS – Amro report
Singaporean central bank confident risks from possible capital inflows can be managed with existing tools