Cuba
Mir card system to operate across Cuba
Russian payments network continues gradual progress in Latin America
Cuba limits cash transactions and ATM access
Central bank measure provokes scepticism and concern
Argentina importing banknotes amid high inflation
Curaçao picks Crane for new currency; Cuba drops visual aids from banknote
Cuba will again allow dollar cash deposits
Decision reverses ban in place since June 2021
People: January to March 2023
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Russian payment system to start operation in Cuba soon
Ambassador says Mir will help Cuba counter effects of embargo
Cuba replaces central bank governor
Head of foreign exchange body takes over from Wilson González
Cuban foreign exchange reserves have fallen, state says
Unusual disclosure in official publication sparks speculation about country’s financial position
Russia’s Mir forced into retreat
Banks and payment systems across Asia banish Russian cards after US warnings
Cuban regime to buy foreign currency near market rates
Move cuts peso’s dollar exchange rate by four-fifths after Cubans protest over shortages
Cuban central bank to license crypto service providers
Resolution may encourage greater use of virtual currencies for remittances
Outsider arts: how Russia might adapt to sanctions
The history of the USSR and actions by other sanctioned countries may give clues to Russia’s next moves
Cuba bars dollar cash deposits
Country struggling with sanctions as inflation spirals
Cuban central bank approves new money transfer app
Digital wallet offered by Cuban telecoms firm will only receive and pay out in pesos
Cuba ends dual-currency regime
Communist regime to merge convertible and domestic peso in major economic reform
Cuban president appoints new central bank governor
Marta Sabina Wilson González was senior official at state-owned lender
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: Financial deepening, fintech development and green financing
The past 40 years have seen China transform from a recipient of global aid to a major economic centre in its own right. China is now seeking to deepen its markets, gradually open its borders to global financial flows, and promote new and innovative forms…
Cuban senate issues new financial system laws
Central bank, financial institutions and market infrastructure entities are all impacted
Cuba: coming in from the cold
The Central Bank of Cuba faces a number of challenges should the country press ahead with economic reform and reintegration in the global financial system
Cuban central bank to issue three new large-value banknotes
Central bank plans to issue banknotes worth 200, 500 and 1,000 domestic pesos; the largest note currently in circulation is worth 100 pesos