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Bulgaria ‘ready for euro’ in January – central bank governor
Radev says decision to join currency is now in hands of politicians
E-krona adviser on offline trials, legislative changes and rollouts of CBDCs
Sveriges Riksbank’s Johan Schmalholz speaks about latest CBDC developments on sidelines of Central Banking’s Windsor training series
BdF deputy governor softens digital euro regulatory stance
Beau says central bank money is safer, more liquid and less volatile than stablecoins
Suspended Bulgarian deputy claims he is fighting for central bank ‘independence’
Eurozone candidate country’s deputy breaks silence on suspension, and his fight to get reinstated
Euro has given France better interest rates – BdF official
Bénassy-Quéré says rates would have been higher if France had stayed outside single currency
Banque de France and HKMA to conduct cross-border CBDC test
HKMA is the first non-European central bank to join the Eurosystem’s wholesale DLT settlement trials
European Commission opens consultation on AI in finance
As AI use in financial services increases, regulators must balance innovation with risk
BdF paper looks at what new global currency would need
Unified debt market would go “some way” to internationalising the euro
Bundesbank’s Nagel: central bank business models are changing
Panetta says wholesale CBDC likely to launch sooner than retail; Das gives update on digital rupee
ECB to explore nature-related risk in environmental plan
Climate change and biodegradation are “two sides of the same coin”
CBDC is inevitable
Central bank digital currency should be thought of as a platform rather than a product, writes Dave Birch
Europe’s half-baked benchmark switch leaves some dissatisfied
Users frustrated by narrow scope of euro transition, but replacing Euribor was never a euro group objective
Montenegro appoints Radović as first woman governor
New governor takes office after former president failed to keep predecessor in role
Lagarde calls for stronger EU securities and markets authority
ECB president stresses completing capital markets union is essential to deal with deglobalization, ageing and climate change
The predicament of bloated central bank balance sheets
Swollen balance sheets carry significant risks for combating inflation, ensuring financial stability and preserving central bank credibility, independence and effectiveness. How can central banks reduce them?
EU data protection bodies raise concerns about digital euro
EDPB and EDPS request central bank explain how it will process and protect data
Book notes: Economists in the cold war, by Alan Bollard
A geographically balanced review of key economists that shaped the world economy
ECB launches digital euro preparation phase
Phase includes CBDC rulebook and selection of providers, as well as testing
Financial regulators: one, two, maybe a few?
As Jamaica moves to introduce the ‘twin peaks’ approach to financial oversight, Ben Margulies assesses some of the pros and cons
A ‘unified ledger’ and the future of money
Blueprint set out by the BIS staff raises plenty of questions about the 'singleness of money'
When £1 is not £1
Gabriel Stein examines the risks from introducing a CBDC should its value diverge from that of physical currency and bank deposits