Central Banking awards
Central Banking Awards 2026: fourth winners announced
Fourth group of awards includes digital transformation, currency manager and more
Payments and market infrastructure development – retail: Central Bank of Colombia’s Bre-B
Colombia’s new federated payments system achieved success due to thoughtful planning, proactive regulation and successful onboarding
Communications initiative: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Innovative campaign supported by top leadership has helped counter rising levels of financial scams
Central Banking Awards 2026: second group of winners
Awards recognise economic research, transparency, communications, financial stability and more
Central Banking Awards 2026: first winners announced
Awards go to governor of the year, reserve manager, risk manager and more
Central Banking Awards 2025: the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements in another challenging year for central banks
Central Banking Awards 2025: final winners announced
Last group of awards includes governor of the year and lifetime achievement
Central Banking Awards 2025: third group of winners released
Paraguay recognised for market infrastructure and IMF for work on AI, as green and FMI awards also unveiled
Central Banking Awards 2025: second group of winners unveiled
Awards recognise growth-at-risk research, transparency, digital transformation and more
Central Banking Awards 2025: first winners announced
Awards go to central bank of the year, reserve manager, risk manager and more
Masaaki Shirakawa on his ‘unease’ about 2% inflation targets and lessons from Japan
The former Bank of Japan governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the need to properly understand the business of banking, making sound contingency plans and the BoJ’s current policy constraints
Central Banking Awards 2024 ceremony honours best in field
Shirakawa receives lifetime award and Brazil is named central bank of the year
Central Banking Awards 2024: fourth round announced
BIS wins Green initiative award; other awards go for currency, CBDC and AML systems
Central Banking Awards 2024: third group of winners revealed
Climate model wins economics award; DNB, Fed and Central Bank of Kenya also recognised
Central Banking Awards 2023: Gallery
See the winners from the big night, including leading figures from across the industry who came to pick up their awards
Stefan Ingves on central bank failings on inflation and financial stability
The Riksbank veteran speaks about liquidity, interest rate and non-bank regulatory reforms, the importance of saying ‘no’, and the need for explicit legal definitions for digital money
Building future-proof cyber security in the financial system
The founders of SecurEyes discuss how central banks can protect themselves and financial stability
Central Banking Awards 2023: highlights from the ceremony
Event heard from award winners including Stefan Ingves, Shaktikanta Das and Andriy Pyshnyy
Central banking against a full-scale war
National Bank of Ukraine governor Andriy Pyshnyy shares seven statements about ‘antifragility’ and the ability to function under uncertainty – and succeed
Central Banking Awards 2023 – the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements by central banks and their partners in the past year
Central Banking Awards 2023: final group of winners revealed
Awards recognise lifetime achievement of Stefan Ingves, as well as reserves management, currency, technology and more