Banks
Banque de France CBDC project uses blockchain to settle transactions
Central bank and French lender use blockchain platform to pay for €40m securities tokens
ECB to integrate climate risks into supervision
Climate change is pushing banks to adapt risk management, disclosure, governance and business strategies
MAS preps financial institutions for return to normal
Firms will be able to conduct face-to-face meetings as long as safety protocols are followed
The ECB, the lockdown and the monetary financing lock
The eurozone’s central bank may need to break its prohibition on monetary financing to fight the pandemic
Fed flags ‘elevated’ risk of financial stability pressures
System coped with immediate Covid-19 stresses, but trouble may be building, central bank says
Economists race to merge epidemiology and macro
Promising results are emerging, but workable forecasts may be some way off
Banks are ‘inherently unstable’, BIS paper finds
Researchers study the many roles banks play and find all of them tend towards instability
German banks’ capital levels affect loan supply – Bundesbank paper
Authors find balance sheet data shows loan supply has positive elasticity to capital levels
Morocco’s central bank prohibits bank dividend payments
Central bank tells financial institutions to ensure they are able to keep funding businesses in need
PMA tries to mediate dispute over bank account closures
Banks in Palestine caught between Fatah gunmen and Israel Defense Forces order
BoE predicts sharp fall and fast recovery for UK
Forecasters predict limited long-term scarring from virus shock; banks are in strong position to lend, stress test finds
Book notes: In the combat zone of finance, by Svein Harald Øygard
A fascinating and readable book for those charged with maintaining financial stability and interested in a new perspective on institutional efficiency
Covid-19: a hacker’s opportunity
What can central banks do to plug cyber threat weaknesses?
BoE eases funding terms as government launches ‘bounce back’ loans
Loans will be excluded from leverage ratio calculations
Debts, deficits, central banks and inflation
Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood ask what insights history can provide for central banks and governments managing abrupt, large increases in debt
Lebanese PM asks for IMF aid as dispute with central bank grows
Governor at centre of massive economic crisis appears to condemn PM’s words as “slander”
Fed expands main street lending plans
Central bank faces criticism for appearing to respond to oil and gas lobbying
Carbon tax spike could spur global recession – S&P
Higher carbon prices would trigger widespread industry defaults, says agency research unit
ECB launches new lending facility, but holds rates
Lagarde announces cut for banks’ borrowing rate, but the ECB has not expanded asset purchases
Can growth in developing Asia be made more sustainable?
The structure of the global economy will be reshaped by Covid-19, and what happens in Asia will be crucial, writes Philip Turner
Charted: rush for dollar liquidity fades
Figures from central bank dollar repo facilities show waning demand, but outstanding swaps still high
Cash usage decreases as confidence in banks rises – research
Research included in MAS review flags importance of psychological factors in cash usage
BoE’s Proudman recommends data-gathering rethink
“Pull” model would be “revolutionary” but might come at too great a cost, official says
Libra’s Disparte on big tech’s move into digital currency
Libra Association vice-chair Dante Disparte speaks about the decision to abandon a multi-currency reserve, stress-testing a global payment network and how the Facebook-backed body still has 3 billion customers in its sights