Central Banking Awards 2022
The Central Banking Awards 2022 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from the winners of the ninth annual Central Banking Awards
Central Banking Awards 2022: the winners in full
Recipients of the 2022 awards include Stanley Fischer, the Bank of Korea, Mario Marcel and many more
Lifetime achievement: Stanley Fischer
Fischer has had a profound impact on monetary economics and central banking during his prolific career
Transparency: Czech National Bank
New monetary policy report, and publication of attributed minutes and economic model raise the bar
Reserve manager: Central Bank of the UAE
The Middle Eastern institution approved a new investment policy, allowing it to diversify into new asset classes
Economics in central banking: Wenxin Du
Du’s work clarifies the dollar’s role as a barometer of global markets, and explores the myriad implications for financial stability
Initiative: BoT and MAS’s PromptPay-PayNow link
Connecting the two nations’ instant payment systems is empowering citizens
Technology services: SAP
The software company pulled off a high-stakes ‘big-bang’ launch of a new core banking system for the Saudi Central Bank
Risk management technology: BlackRock’s Aladdin Risk
ESG feeds, customised benchmarking and robust scenario analysis assist reserve management
Specialised lending initiative: BNP Paribas Securities Services
Tech platform improvements have resulted in faster, safer and more tailored securities lending services
Central Banking Awards 2022: third group revealed
Awards recognise payments, currency, regulatory technology and financial market infrastructure
Payments and market infrastructure development – retail: Central Bank of Brazil’s Pix
Implementation of Pix real-time payment system in Brazil was runaway success
Payments and market infrastructure development – wholesale: Reserve Bank of India
RBI’s work on its 24/7/365 RTGS can serve as model and possibly bedrock for an international 24/7/365 RTGS
Financial stability initiative: ECB’s SSMnet
Online tool fosters cohesion, agility and effectiveness for supervisors working across member institutions of the European Single Supervisory Mechanism
Currency initiative: Central Bank of the Philippines’ Cash Service Alliance
Homegrown IT system allows Philippine central bank to direct cashflows between banks during Covid-19
Currency manager: Central Bank of Costa Rica
New banknotes and coins combine environmental protection, aesthetics and security
Payment services: CMA
Swedish payments firm is now key player in new payment system linking the Arab world and beyond
Currency services: De La Rue
Printing doyen expanded capacity, functionality and market share amid corporate turnaround
Technology services – regulatory: Regnology
Regtech/suptech provider continues to innovate, securing major new contracts with central banks and regulators
Financial market infrastructure services: SIA
Italian company impressed with multi-year work on ‘big-bang’ implementation of Canada’s new RTGS
Central Banking Awards 2022: second tranche announced
Awards published today include capacity building, communications, website and global markets
Communications initiative: Bank of Jamaica
‘Centrally Speaking’ underpins not just education, but monetary policy
Outstanding contribution for capacity building: Peter Nicholl
Governor of Bosnia’s central bank helped rebuild an economy ravaged by civil war
Website: Central Bank of Eswatini
The southern African central bank has made significant improvements to its website service