Anti-money laundering
Behind the scenes of the Bundesbank’s capacity-building programme
A multi-year effort has helped shore up expertise at West Balkan central banks. Will African and former-CIS institutions be equally responsive to Eurosystem technical assistance?
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
BSP says governor is awaiting formal notice of lawsuit
Remolona has not yet received copy of complaint from vice-president’s spouse
Financial integrity ‘the major concern’ with stablecoins – de Cos
Bespoke AML measures will be needed in case of wide adoption, says BIS chief
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
Regulators must be as tech savvy as the scammers – panel
Officials say fraudsters’ use of AI means central banks will need a more agile approach to supervision
The evolution of central banks
Bank Negara Malaysia governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour writes that the roles and responsibilities of central banks are evolving in a changing landscape
Central bank of the year: Central Bank of Nigeria
A return to policy orthodoxy under new leadership at the African central bank helped to bring Nigeria’s economy back from the brink
AI and tokenised finance are reshaping financial trust
Amro’s CEO Yasuto Watanabe argues that sustained policy attention is needed to ensure the foundation of trust remains resilient amid financial transformation
China’s interest-bearing CBDC a world first, experts say
E-CNY now more integrated with commercial banking, thus solidifying country’s two-tier system
CBDCs versus instant payments
Are technological and ecosystem advances using CBDCs and instant payments complementary or substitutes?
National central banks hold rates across Europe
Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Norway and Sweden all leave policy unchanged
Nigeria to discourage cash withdrawals and make deposits easier
Central bank says reform package aims to reduce cash usage and tackle money laundering
PBoC emphasises stablecoins are illegal in China
Bank reiterates virtual currency ban and says pegged assets fail to meet identity and AML requirements
Lebanon strengthens oversight of financial system after US visit
Central bank tightens AML/CFT rules as Washington tells it to contain Hezbollah funding
Stablecoins should be tightly regulated – HSBC exec
John O’Neill says lender’s views on the assets are aligned with those of central banks
FATF delisting of African nations a transactional move, says analyst
Organisation rejects suggestion that political factors were behind countries being taken off ‘grey list’
Why Europe cannot afford to delay the digital euro
CBDC would counter the erosion of sovereignty as cash recedes, substitution by foreign digital monies and weaponisation of access, argue Biagio Bossone and Céu Pereira
Digitisation of money brings more regulatory risks – IMF head
Georgieva says crypto regs are in early stages and not yet coherent internationally
The ‘EuroLiber’ for depoliticised payments
Biagio Bossone explains how Europe could provide a neutral anchor to support international payments