Financial Action Task Force
Pacific series: Climate is top issue for Fiji’s governor Ariff Ali
Head of central bank speaks about climate, inclusion, modernisation and vulnerability ahead of his likely retirement next year, following 30 years at institution
PNG chief says getting off FATF grey list a ‘national priority’
Papua New Guinea was placed on body’s AML/CFT monitoring list in February
Central Banking Awards 2026: the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements in another challenging year for central banks
People: new deputy governor at Central Bank of Ireland
Plus appointments at FATF, Financial Stability Board and European Stability Mechanism
Central Banking Awards 2024: fourth round announced
BIS wins Green initiative award; other awards go for currency, CBDC and AML systems
The ECCB’s Timothy Antoine on currency union, cooperation and DCash 2.0
The ECCB governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about maintaining a currency zone, addressing climate and cyber risks, the decline in correspondence banking and lessons learned from issuing a retail CBDC
Cyprus central bank defends supervision after sanctions-busting claims
Prime minister pledges report after media investigation says Russians used local firms to dodge sanctions
MAS defends AML supervision in wake of billion-dollar scandal
Credit Suisse, Citi, DBS and Deutsche Bank among firms implicated
Panama supreme court rejects crypto law
Judges agree draft law has unconstitutional provisions and was improperly passed
FATF finds global crypto AML failures
Most jurisdictions “struggle with fundamental requirements”
Sarb sounds alarm on sanctions risk
Central bank says country could face financial isolation if US thinks it arms Russia
Belize to create AML/CFT exception to central bank confidentiality
Proposed law would also require rules against conflicts of interest
Kganyago calls for lower inflation target and tighter policy
Sarb governor urges reform of South Africa’s troubled transport and electricity sectors
US Treasury releases defi risk assessment
Lax adherence to AML/CFT requirements allows criminals to launder money
UAE grants licence to Russian bank
US voices concerns over sanctions evasion and threatens action against facilitators
Bank of Jamaica to regulate non-bank sector after fraud scandal
Central bank takes over from commission after alleged crime that targeted Usain Bolt
Bo Bo Nge in hands of ‘arbitrary’ regime
Jailing of reform-minded central banker is “attack on central bank governance globally”
Banknotes: October to December 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
FATF puts Myanmar on money-laundering blacklist
Move may increase economic pressure on military junta as currency crisis grows
Myanmar may go on money laundering blacklist, report says
Opposition calls on New York Fed to unfreeze Myanmar assets to back proposed digital currency
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months