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Papua New Guinea upgrades payment system
More financial institutions to use new central switch in bid to improve efficiency and inclusion
Aussie regulator signals tougher misconduct stance
Asic warns it will use new powers to punish misconduct in wake of excoriating Royal Commission review
Five insights into China’s green finance transformation
State direction offers quick mechanism to embed green finance, writes PBoC’s Ma
Macro-pru is no panacea
Many central banks need better macro-pru frameworks
BIS paper tracks new channel for funding ‘dry-ups’
A squeeze in one market can spill over to institutions with no direct exposure, authors find
RBI makes fresh bid to boost transmission mechanism
Banks mandated to link floating-rate loans to an external benchmark
The winners of the 2019 Fintech and Regtech Global Awards
Prizes awarded for outstanding work at the cutting edge of financial technology
Central Banking FinTech & RegTech Global Awards 2019
Winners In Focus
Innovation for real-time payments and settlements
Financial and institutional banking have undergone a transformational technological shift, meaning working in real time is increasingly commonplace. This is not the case for payments and settlement, which can still take days. Baton Systems explores how…
Suptech focus – AI to the rescue?
With the increased use of artificial intelligence in financial services, Vizor Software explains why it is crucial that regulators increase their knowledge of the potential risks while simultaneously raising internal AI skill levels and usage.
Central banks responding to pace of change in a hyperconnected world
Daily processes large and small have seen a drastic shift of emphasis towards increased automation as evolving technology has permeated every aspect of people’s lives. Lars Schröder, senior engagement manager at SkySparc, explores the impact of…
The Deutsche Bundesbank’s digital transformation
Digital agenda includes re-engineering legacy analytics, processes, innovation management and competency
Hong Kong introduces resolution facility after FSB peer review
Updated funding framework could aid embattled banks in case of liquidity crunch
Fears about eurozone countries weigh on credit creation – research
Perceptions of weakness at individual banks are less important – Bank of Portugal paper
Carstens warns of ‘serious consequences’ from retail CBDC
BIS chief envisages system with wholesale digital currency alongside private retail payment systems
No noticeable fund outflows amid protests – HKMA
Exchange Fund sufficient to back currency in case of capital outflows, HKMA says
Interbank rate uncertainty raises cost of credit – ECB paper
“Novel measure” helps authors judge effect of disruptions to interbank markets
Bank of Mauritius overhauling supervisory framework – governor
Yandraduth Googoolye says central bank is embarking on several regulatory and supervisory reforms
Mark Carney on joined-up policy-making, forward guidance and Brexit
BoE governor rules out negative rates and change to inflation targets, offers update on too-big-to-fail; and more
ECB shuts down Latvian bank involved in Rimšēvičs affair
Small lender's owner accused central bank governor of extortion and sued regulatory authorities
ECB’s asset purchases didn’t always stimulate bank lending – research
Sounder banks reduced lending to non-financial firms, Bundesbank paper finds
Eurozone bank productivity growth fell over last decade – ECB paper
Researchers try to quantify eurozone banks’ total factor productivity growth
IMF has no back-up plan to Fed swap lines
Financial counsellor says no plans in the works for emergency dollar funding backstop
London to remain major financial centre despite Brexit
Research at the Central Bank of Ireland highlights the “premium” the UK capital enjoys over other cities