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Central Banking Awards 2026: the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements in another challenging year for central banks
Rethinking policy transmission in the age of AI
Managing machine expectations related to faster, more non-linear and potentially asymmetric price dynamics will require analytical innovation and potentially new forms of oversight, argues Elisa Vilorio de Painter
Eurozone payment systems not ready for quantum – research
Bank of Italy paper calls for more robust cryptographic algorithms and quantum roadmaps from suppliers
How FX pricing is adapting to Trumpian markets
Dealers are tying pricing engines to new signals in effort to cope with out-of-the-blue moves
Towards a new monetary policy framework for the AI age
AI may render the traditional monetary policy toolkit less effective and the familiar rules of engagement obsolete, argues Biagio Bossone
Working group minutes: seeking better interactions on social media
Building engagement is a challenge and brings risks for central bankers
The GFXC chair on the next steps for the FX global code
Global FX Committee chair Gerardo García speaks with Christopher Jeffery about updating FX best practice, improving buy-side engagement and revising settlement risk estimates in the BIS’s triennial survey
How AI is shaping the future of payment system oversight
Biagio Bossone explains that sound AI policies can be a powerful ally supporting financial stability
Financial system needs to be ‘quantum-ready’ – BIS study
Working paper reviews benefits and risks of computing technology
AI, quantum computing and tokenisation set to transform finance – Menon
But significant barriers remain preventing the technologies from unlocking their full potential
European Commission opens consultation on AI in finance
As AI use in financial services increases, regulators must balance innovation with risk
Lkhagvasuren Byadran on geopolitics, gold and 100 years of central banking on the steppe
Bank of Mongolia governor Lkhagvasuren Byadran speaks about monetary and financial reform, embracing AI and fintech, and Mongolia’s new SWF
Cecilia Skingsley on monetary policy tech and a unified ledger
Head of the BIS Innovation Hub speaks about tokenisation, CBDCs and the ‘black box problem’ in AI
Data sharing as a policy intervention
Increasing access to data represents another policy lever regulators can pull to achieve their objectives, writes David Bholat
BIS wraps up cross-border CBDC trial
Project Mariana explored FX settlement using ‘automated market-makers’
A suptech transformation: using tech to support the full supervisory lifecycle
Regnology explores how – with the appropriate platforms, partners and processes in place – supervisory technology can be utilised as a driver of transformation.
Quantum computing: ready for prime time?
Central banks should add QC to their strategic planning, despite it being a work in progress
Project Ellipse: real-time data and the ‘art of the possible’
BIS’s Andrew McCormack and MAS’s Kenneth Gay talk about phase two of the suptech project, which combines real-time news with regulatory data
Digital money and central banks
Central banks must reflect on the monetary policy, regulatory and financial stability implications from crypto assets, stablecoins and CBDCs to stay relevant in the digital age of money
Data quality and staff skills are greatest AI challenges – benchmark respondents
Privacy and algorithmic fairness are also concerns
Podcast: fixing the gaps in fintech laws
Fintech is reshaping the nature of contracts and even financial firms themselves, but laws are not adapting so fast, say IMF lawyers José Garrido and Juan Sebastián Viancha Trujillo