The Netherlands Bank (DNB)
BIS economists take aim at crypto industry data
Central banks should consider blockchain stats ‘noisy approximations’ of actual economic activity
Three veterans join Central Banking advisory board
New members have held top roles in Asia, Europe and the US
Merchants in the cash system
As policy-makers seek to protect cash acceptance and increasingly look to retailers to facilitate access to cash, Martina Horakova argues that merchants need adequate cash services themselves – and that providing cash to the public should not come at…
ECB succession race: Netherlands throws weight behind Knot
Former DNB governor receives official backing
DNB fines ABN Amro €8.5m for AML shortcomings
Former ECB supervisory board member says penalty signals seriousness of breach
People: April to June 2026
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
People: DNB governor to chair NGFS
Plus: Sarb appoints new chief economist and Belgium’s queen visits CBRT in Istanbul
Dark corners: the renewed push for risk-based monetary policy
Central banks are still struggling to perfect models, scenario analysis and risk communication
People: Bank of Greece approves new term for governor
Plus: change at the top in Vietnam, new general counsel at Netherlands Bank
DNB to focus on payments system’s resilience and autonomy
Strategy aims to ‘broaden the range of options in the payments landscape’
Counterfeit notes continued to decline in Europe in 2025
ECB records ‘one of the lowest levels’, though Belgium, Cyprus and Czech Republic see uptick
DNB implements ‘geopolitical resilience programme’ for banks
Chair of supervision says Dutch central bank must be able to perform core tasks in ‘extreme scenarios’
Changing of Lagarde: who might take over at the ECB?
De Cos and Knot among contenders, following reports that president may be stepping down early
Full ‘postmortem’ on QE yet to be written – Klaas Knot
Former DNB governor expects Fed to continue international monetary diplomacy under Warsh
EU banks need more control over their data – DNB board member
Chair of supervision says tech, finance and public sector need to work together to reduce dependencies
Bank notes: October to December 2025
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
CNB digital asset portfolio is about real learning, says Michl
Governor says bank is not looking to simulate reality but ‘touch it’ with experimental bitcoin holding
Netherlands Bank aims to cut costs by 10% with spending freeze
DNB 2030 programme will involve job losses, spokesperson says
Concentrated IT market poses systemic risks, Dutch say
AFM and DNB urge Europe’s financial sector to diversify digital service providers
DNB calls for ‘structural solutions’ to varying eurozone inflation
Rebalancing effect of eurozone’s uniform monetary policy is “slow and incomplete”, central bank says
Dutch merchants say digital euro is good if it works offline
DNB study finds vendors wary of costs, wanting “equal or lower” fees compared with existing options