Fintech
Dirk Niepelt on the political economy of CBDCs
The BoE CBDC adviser discusses the social role of a retail digital currency versus commercial bank money and favours a remunerated approach
Ex-ECB official: central banks need to vouch more for CBDCs
Monetary authorities have been cornered by banking industry, argues Ulrich Bindseil
Officials deny geopolitical fears driving UK payments upgrade
US card payments providers Mastercard and Visa will participate in industry meeting today
Some central banks expect CBDC to boost seigniorage
Result depends on design features of digital currency, with many central banks unsure of the outcome
Payment innovation is top fintech research priority
Recruitment and retention of talents is biggest tech challenge, but constraints vary somewhat by teams
Brunei to focus on Islamic and sustainable finance
Central bank says it has no plans to introduce a CBDC or stablecoin regulations
Central banks facing fintech hiring challenges tend to have bigger teams
Private sector opportunity is most widely reported issue for fintech staffing
EU banks need more control over their data – DNB board member
Chair of supervision says tech, finance and public sector need to work together to reduce dependencies
HKMA wants lenders to accelerate post-quantum planning
De facto central bank to unveil preparedness index, among other future-proofing tech initiatives
BoK debuts bespoke AI for central bank use
Technology trained on Korean language inputs will aid research and compliance, Bank of Korea says
Next-generation reserve management and monetary operations
Central bank modernisation is essential to ensure institutions can execute mission-critical operations and prepare for future opportunities.
Private credit to play bigger role in AI boom – BIS study
Hidden leverage may dispel notion that sector poses only moderate stability risks, authors say
Renato Gomes on Pix, Drex and digital asset regulation
Brazil’s deputy governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about pros and pitfalls of open finance, financial inclusion and crime on Pix, and the need to sideline DLT for Drex phase 3
IMF has no mandate for SDR stablecoin, says Tobias Adrian
Fund’s capital markets head says backstops are also crucial if instruments are to live up to their name
Cross-Benchmarks AI Report 2025: a question of creative destruction
Central banks are taking cautious steps towards adopting AI but have not prioritised research into its effects
Cash is the tender of last resort – panel
Officials at Central Banking Autumn Meetings discuss risks of long-term outages in era of digital payments
MAS to issue tokenised bills and draft stablecoin law
MD says Singaporean banks completed first CBDC interbank overnight lending settlement
Stablecoins should be tightly regulated – HSBC exec
John O’Neill says lender’s views on the assets are aligned with those of central banks
Why Europe cannot afford to delay the digital euro
CBDC would counter the erosion of sovereignty as cash recedes, substitution by foreign digital monies and weaponisation of access, argue Biagio Bossone and Céu Pereira
Hong Kong’s fintech strategy pits AI against AI – Yue
HKMA chief sets out AI focus after regtech adoption reportedly reaches 97%