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UK regulators set new deadlines for Libor transition
Working group sets out priorities for 2020 as Libor deadline looms
Bank of Ghana payments overhaul to focus on fintech
Central bank will ensure regulation is fintech-friendly
Lebanese governor requests more powers to deal with crisis
Salameh says financial and monetary stability at risk without new measures to regulate banks
KYC initiative could help stem correspondent banking decline
South Pacific KYC utility will be based on digital identification databases
EU central bankers urge UK to stay close on regulation
Klaas Knot and Luis de Guindos warn UK could lose out, but Mark Carney says UK needs autonomy
Female Spanish entrepreneurs face unconscious bias by lenders – research
Double standards suggest credit allocation among start-ups is not efficient
BoE prepares for regulatory data shake-up
Central bank keeping open mind on future of regulatory data collection
Bank Negara Malaysia seeks feedback on new climate taxonomy
Central bank proposes classifying activities based on how much they harm the environment
BIS paper: banks may harm customers through ‘steering’
Nudging “naive” households to take decisions can harm their welfare, authors find
ECB paper offers tiering solution to CBDC structural concerns
Separating CBDC functions between tiers could disincentivise use during crisis periods
Risk weight tweak could fix IFRS 9 capital clash – research
Practitioner suggests way to cancel out double-counting of Basel credit loss provisions
Hong Kong supervisory framework needs further strengthening – IMF
Growth outlook has deteriorated but banking sector well positioned, says fund
2020: fintech and beyond
Central bankers share their thoughts on fintech – past, present and future
Macroeconomics is not broken
The discipline has moved beyond the neoclassical synthesis. Critics should too
Tighter regulation may be working – MIT economist
Kristin Forbes says banks may be more resilient but warns risk could be shifting to shadow sector
ECB warns Lithuanian government over bank tax plans
Plan to tax banks’ assets could harm financial stability, particularly for weaker lenders, ECB says
IADI highlights move to strengthen deposit insurance
Survey of 113 schemes finds they are becoming more generous and faster to pay out
Leveraged lending creates challenges in UK stress tests
On some assumptions, banks would fail the tests; BoE to alter capital framework
De Guindos: Boost eurozone banks’ countercyclical capital buffers
Increases in counter-cyclical buffers should accompany decreases in other capital ratios, says ECB vice-president
CBDC has been “over-hyped” – former RBI deputy
Focus on retail CBDCs is a potential distraction from core central banking functions, says Sinha
New York Fed expands year-end repo operations
More cash to be made available both overnight and in term repos
Ghana launches push to turn banking sector green
New sustainable principles address seven areas of social and environmental issues
Cloud throws up new financial stability risks – FSB
Reliance on third-party cloud platforms creates risks, especially given market power of providers
Brexit opens opportunity for EU’s capital markets union – research
Future EU-UK relations limited by Brussels’ focus on preserving integrity of internal market