Banks
Eurozone banks tighten credit standards – ECB survey
Lending conditions for firms, consumers and homebuyers expected to become more stringent in Q4
Singapore touts trust and neutrality to win central bank gold
MAS and SBMA believe there is room for multiple gold hubs; play down competition with Hong Kong
Paraguay’s central bank rebuffs bank supervision criticism
Several politicians have called on BCP leadership to resign over supervision of Ueno Bank
Bank of Israel rebukes Netanyahu over sanction evading crypto plan
Former deputy governor tells Central Banking prime minister’s proposals are ‘stupid’ and ‘crazy’
Iberian central banks sign MoU to tackle quantum computing risks
Bank of Portugal and Bank of Spain to co-operate on post-quantum cryptography
Banknote environmental impact awareness grows
Share of currency departments with a climate strategy increases to 50%
Bank of Albania says deposits are safe amid political crisis
Central bank sustained “minor damage” to building and says payment services remain uninterrupted
Malaysia and Thailand join MAS digital payments initiative
BoT, BNM and World Bank join MAS project alongside eight private sector players
Governor says NBU not under suspicion in police raid
Bank also rejects reports that Andriy Pyshnyy had submitted his resignation
Sarb’s fast payment platform ‘far from ubiquitous’ – governor
Pricing and lack of public awareness among factors limiting adoption of PayShap
Central bank heads agree on consensus, but reject groupthink
French, Nigerian and Swiss chiefs discuss their diverse approaches to monetary policy decision making
Former Richmond Fed chief to oppose discount window reform
Counting unused capacity towards prudential requirements would be ‘unwise’, Lacker will argue
Google Cloud outage causes disruption across UK banks
Barclays, Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Lloyds and Revolut customers among those reporting problems
Holding limits could support CBDC adoption – ECB study
High threshold, plus reverse waterfall functionality, could mitigate stability risks, researchers say
PBoC considering making overnight rate its benchmark
Governor says rate already ‘benchmark-like’ as he unveils onshore FX pilot and other measures
BoE probes Barclays’ handling of private credit loans
FT report says PRA investigating misallocation of derivatives following internal complaint
Fed finds larger-than-expected bank exposure to private credit
Researchers add sector to national accounts for first time
Atomic settlement: a solution to cross-border payment woes?
Experts say simultaneous settlement has the potential to improve cross-border frictions – so why are central banks lukewarm?
Warsh: I’ve focused too much on monetary policy
Fed chair vows to pay more attention to supervision, payments systems and consumer affairs
National Bank of Ethiopia joins Papss
Network says it will increasingly focus on boosting Africa’s connectivity with global payment systems
Banks must fix gaps in climate stress tests – Elderson
ECB supervisor says risks once thought remote are moving closer to becoming tomorrow’s baseline