European Central Bank (ECB)
Eurozone non-labour income used for saving, not spending – paper
Erosion in financial wealth dragged on consumption, Bank of Italy study finds
Juha Park on the BoK’s updated monetary policy framework
Bank of Korea’s head of monetary policy communication says pre-Shin updates align with new governor’s thinking
North Macedonia holds rates
Central bank votes to keep policy at 4.25%, citing prolonged uncertainty over Iran conflict
Slovak governor calls for further ECB rate hike in September
Kažimír says bank needs to pre-emptively tackle further inflationary effects of energy shock
Implications of the 2026 Middle East war
Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large detail the monetary policy, financial stability and international co-operation challenges for central banks
ECB to implement new repo facility through five central banks
Monetary authorities in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain to supply liquidity
Kazakhstan makes surprise 25bp rate cut
Analyst says central bank is trying to signal that disinflationary measures are working
ECB unveils shortlist of new euro banknote designs
Bank invites public to share their views, offers vertical designs for first time
People: ECB appoints head of directorate-general secretariat
Plus new appointments to lead oversight at the Central Bank of Ireland
‘Tips clone’ developed by Bank of Italy goes live in Balkans
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro become first jurisdictions connected by payments system
Geopolitical risks cause eurozone banks to tighten credit
ECB’s quarterly survey shows lenders alert to continued instability resulting from Iran war
Cipollone outlines digital euro app as ECB readies pilot
Board member says application will ‘leave no-one behind’
Jasmina Selimović on managing Europe’s last currency board
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina governor speaks about building resilience to counter geoeconomic shocks, strengthening reforms amid EU convergence, addressing stablecoin and NBFI risks, Sepa integration, and capacity building.
DNB fines ABN Amro €8.5m for AML shortcomings
Former ECB supervisory board member says penalty signals seriousness of breach
Floored: Basel III rethink upsets IRB dominance
Introduction of output floor means internal ratings’ popularity takes a hit, but isn’t quite out for the count
ECB tells banks to plan for AI-related collapse in cyber defences
European Systemic Risk Board warns response times have narrowed from days to minutes
Data-driven approach needed to assess impact of AI – Lane
ECB board member sets out multiple unknowns as technology reshapes macroeconomic landscape
ECB’s T2 suffers second ‘incident’ as Euronext reports outage
Euro and krone T2 settlements queued for 30–40 minutes following system update last month
Banque de France’s Denis Beau on supervisory reform
The Banque de France’s deputy governor speaks about suppression of the systemic risk buffer, proposals for a TLAC floor, and simplifying bank regulation and resolution
‘Who pays?’ remains biggest puzzle of digital euro – panel
Specialists say successful payment systems solve problems for consumers and merchants
More data does not mean better outcomes – EBA policy expert
EU’s previous credit risk approach created ‘crazy backlog of model validations’, official says
Elizabeth McCaul on the need for resilience in cyber security
Former ECB official explains why response preparedness is more important than predicting attacks
Agentic AI’s ‘step change’ poses systemic cyber risks – Breeden
Supervisors should stress-test multi-firm disruptions as models evolve, BoE deputy governor says
Mervyn King on his career and big ‘mistakes’
The former BoE governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the value of transparency, lessons from the GFC, the need to track broad money and tie short-term funding to haircut collateral, and danger presented by non-banks