Central bank digital currency
Euro ‘more appealing’ for both invoicing and reserves, ECB finds
Bank’s annual report on currency’s use draws on findings from Central Banking’s benchmarking
BoE accelerates multi-money, multi-asset tokenised agenda
Breeden urges ‘earnest’ work amid systemic risks from innovations abroad
Helder Lopes on Timor-Leste’s transformation now the oil has run out
The Central Bank of Timor-Leste (BCTL) governor speaks to Chris Jeffery and Jono Thomson about dollarisation amid US policy unpredictability, managing legacy Petroleum Fund investments, Asean membership, digitalisation and financial deepening, and a long…
BoE pledges to link tokenised markets to central bank money
Bank says RTGS will be modified to support use of tokenised assets as collateral by 2028
Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2026 – executive summary
Data reveals shifting focus of strategic plans, plus data use and AI adoption
BoJ’s Himino: Stablecoins strengthen dollar privilege
Deputy governor calls for ‘holistic’ system involving stablecoins, CBDCs, tokenisation and cash
Zafar Parker on 25 years of reserve management at the Sarb
Amid evolving risk, the head of financial markets talks about the journey to excess balance transfers to the government as South Africa’s reserves rose from $20bn to $80bn
Access to cash must be protected – Bundesbank’s Balz
Board member says digital euro is ‘no silver bullet’ in payments landscape
Book notes: Redefining the monetary standard in the digital age, by Livio Stracca
A comprehensive and readable account of what digitalisation could mean for monetary policy
Trends in reserve management 2026: survey results
101 central banks, responsible for $9.5trn+ reserves, reveal exclusive data on FX interventions, if the US dollar is still seen as a safe-haven currency and approaches to investing in 20+ currencies
Podcast: The potential risks of the Genius Act
How the focus on issuers and reserve assets ignores the wider ecosystem
CNB governor: engaging with bitcoin does not mean endorsing it
Aleš Michl says bank’s digital asset ‘test portfolio’ is ‘not a political statement’
Cash needed for resilience, say eurozone central banks
Institutions from Austria, Germany and Spain outline why hard currency remains key
Cash remains king during extreme weather events – study
Payment system resilience relies on fallback options during digital outages, authors argue
Barry Eichengreen on the evolution of the global monetary order
The US monetary expert speaks to Thomas Chow about similarities between the dollar and 18th century Dutch money and why Washington has bet on the ‘wrong horse’ with private stablecoins
Shin promotes novel approaches in inaugural address at BoK
Ex-BIS chief economist formally appointed head of South Korean central bank
AI surges as focus for strategic planning
But digital transformation is still the most widespread goal of planners
IMF’s Adrian says tokenised finance needs public backstops
Fund’s director says singleness of money is crucial to maintain financial stability
Markets betting on stablecoin disruption, say IMF economists
Researcher tells Spring Meetings that established payment firms’ stocks fell after Genius Act
Central banks should stick to what they know, say governors
Focusing on key existing objectives is preferable to taking on new ones, say panellists
Sama’s Al-Sayari on financial resilience and the future of the riyal
The Saudi Central Bank governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the Middle East conflict, the transformation of the Saudi economy, improving prudential oversight and contingency planning, and the development of the fintech and tokenised ecosystem