Artificial intelligence
Digitalisation is reshaping the economy, says Canada’s Wilkins
G7 conference raises key questions on how the economy will change in future
The IFF China Report 2019: New globalisation – The path to the future
Multilateral rules and multilateral bodies will need to be upgraded in the coming years to better represent the shift in economic gravity towards Asia, which has emerged as the largest contributor to global growth during the past decade.
Technology in reserve management: Outlook for 2019
Reserve managers look to cloud for solutions, but security issues remain
Central bank of the year: Monetary Authority of Singapore
Singapore’s central bank stands out for its pioneering fintech efforts combined with its consistency of performance in monetary policy, financial stability and supervision
Trade tensions may reflect international system design flaws
Former PBoC governor Zhou says global system faces “grave challenges” while former EC president Barroso says current framework “is not working”
Interview: Clair Mills on the meaning of fintech
The Bank of England’s head of change and data management discusses why fintech is so important for a financial sector going into uncharted territory
Video Q&A: Maciej Piechocki, BearingPoint
Central Banking met with BearingPoint’s Maciej Piechocki at the Central Banking FinTech RegTech Global Summit in Singapore to discuss financial and regulatory technology – known as fintech and regtech respectively – solutions, how technology can help in…
PRA using AI to understand connectivity of rulebook
UK regulator is using Google search engine algorithm to see if rulebook can be streamlined, says BoE’s Proudman
Brainard: Fed keeping open mind on AI regulation
Some rules already apply to AI tools, but Fed “still learning” about AI’s impact
BIS committee finds inadequacies in derivatives data
Challenges remain, despite significant progress, Irving Fisher Committee reports
Canada’s Sabean on tackling a data governance overhaul
The Bank of Canada has been making “significant investments” in data, says senior director
Bank of Canada launches tech collaboration initiative
“We want to partner with anyone who has something to contribute,” COO says
Insights from network analytics in suptech
With regulators leveraging technological innovations to move towards informed, data‑driven decision‑making and automation, supervisory technology is attracting enhanced interest. Kimmo Soramäki and Phillip Straley examine how regulators are gaining…
Book notes: Digital human, by Chris Skinner
Skinner provides a valuable insight into the challenges banks face as technology continues to permeate further into the financial industry
James Bullard on 2% rates, tariffs and Fed leadership
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis speaks about the impact of US trade policies, the disruption to the banking industry from Silicon Valley, shrinking the Fed balance sheet and the potential for agent-based modelling
The data commons: Taking big data global
The International Monetary Fund’s first-ever overarching strategy on data aims to spread big data expertise among fund members. Louis Marc Ducharme discusses the upcoming challenges.
FCA chair warns of big data-driven ‘algocracy’
Technology could lead to a society ruled by algorithms, if safeguards are not put in place, says Charles Randell
Alternatives to Japan’s 2% flexible inflation target
The Bank of Japan may review its policy framework, given its five-year failure to hit a 2% flexible inflation target
Central bankers share vision for ‘business as usual’ big data
Panellists offer advice on how to build the infrastructure for good data governance
Banks must understand artificial intelligence – ECB official
Artificial intelligence must not become another “financial craze”, Hakkarainen warns
Fed’s Evans: central bankers not about to be replaced by machines
Chicago Fed president says uncertainty over technological disruption leaves plenty of room for human judgement
Regulatory efficiency or rollback?
Team USA’s new clarion call for regulatory “efficiency” comes with a worrying undertow, particularly related to regulatory rollback and ‘light-touch’ supervision of algorithms
Risk-based supervision focus report 2018
This first Central Banking journal focus report on risk-based supervision analyses how central banks, financial regulators and financial institutions can streamline efforts to meet onerous new regulatory and supervisory data requirements.
The regulatory downpour
The Risk-based supervision focus report aims to offer assistance to financial regulators and supervisors in understanding the challenges that come hand in hand with evolution in the regulatory and supervisory environment. It explores how technology can…