Fintech
Paraguay’s Carvallo Spalding on resilience and cutting its inflation target
The Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) governor speaks about lowering the inflation target to 3.5%, opening up to foreign investors and promoting inclusion through digital payments
Central banks use ‘hackathons’ to promote innovation
Key risks from AI paradigm shift will be reputational, panellists say
NY Fed and BIS explore monetary policy in a tokenised world
Project Pine’s smart contracts are designed so central banks can adapt them to their currencies and frameworks
Project Agorá ‘faces fragmentation challenges’
Conference hears how netting and liquidity-saving mechanisms are often at odds with T+0 settlement
Fintech Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdown reveals differences in CBDC research, AI use and adoption of the cloud
Working group minutes: facing up to CBDC adoption challenges
Participants at Cape Town meeting saw drawbacks to digital currency versus other payment methods
Fintech Benchmarks 2025 – executive summary
Benchmarks shed light on research priorities, progress with CBDC and use of cloud
Fintech Benchmarks 2025 report – supervising security
Benchmarks highlight how technological advancement needs to go hand in hand with tougher security
Trumps launch cryptocurrencies ahead of inauguration
Donald’s and Melania’s meme coins come as administration signals crypto-friendly regulatory stance
BoE collaborates with NY regulator on crypto supervision
Senior staff to exchange expertise in digital payments and distributed ledger technology
Finland’s fintech head on retail CBDCs versus instant payments
Payments unit leader Aleksi Grym discusses overlaps and synergies for retail CBDCs and instant payment systems in Finland and the eurozone
Fintechs’ share in Dutch NBFI lending doubled in two years – DNB study
However, €2.3 billion dispersed by firms still represents only 0.7% of all loans
Central banks ‘too slow’ on wholesale CBDCs, industry says
Report emphasises need for greater public-private collaboration and unified definition
BoE study suggests digital pound would be less private than cash
Report, conducted with MIT, says cryptographic techniques would not guarantee privacy
Majority have privacy concerns over CBDC – RBNZ survey
Findings show access to physical cash still important; private sector not meeting payment needs
Bitcoin is a rival to gold, not the dollar – Powell
Fed chair’s comments come as cryptocurrency passes $100,000 valuation
Bank of Uganda launches investigation into $17m ‘hack’
Central bank declines to comment on millions of dollars reportedly stolen via diverted payments
BoJ considers parallel processing in CBDC design
Central bank adds two new working groups to its preparations for digital currency pilot programme
AI is a double-edged sword for cyber security – UK survey
Study reveals technology’s increased use in financial sector, where three providers are dominant
Advancing monetary policy tech in the new economic landscape
Central banks face unprecedented challenges in adapting their models to the demands of repeated and interacting crises – polycrisis, as some call the current moment – and high levels of uncertainty. This white paper explores how central banks can deploy…
Regtech and suptech in central banks: 2024 survey
These technologies enable the identification and swift resolution of emerging issues, as well as preventative action, this survey indicates