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People: Bank of Canada appoints top payments regulator
Iceland’s central bank appoints new CEO and World Bank names country directors
Communications Benchmarks 2021 report – executive summary
Insights into staffing and salaries, channels, social media, new technology and strategies
People: New York Fed appoints new head of supervision
Diane Dobbeck to lead supervision group; Atlanta Fed hires chief strategy officer; Biden appoints assistant treasury secretary
People: Bank of Canada appoints deputy governor
Sharon Kozicki promoted to deputy role; new BEAC director in Chad; Lithuania appoints board member; and more
Incoming BoE policy-maker says inflation ‘momentum’ is easing
Catherine Mann says price rises appear to be starting to taper off
Mountfield to become World Bank vice-president, sources say
More people news: Atlanta Fed names senior VP, and Fed’s first supervision head goes to US Treasury
DRC’s president changes central bank board under IMF pressure, report says
IMF approves a $1.52 billion loan to DRC days after Tshishekedi removes directors
Recipe for a chief (fin)tech officer
Private-sector experience, a knowledge of supervision and a zest for innovation are key ingredients for a chief fintech officer
People: Bank of Canada names senior deputy governor
New governor in Turkmenistan; Malaysian SWF gets new director; and more
Fed still lags on diversity, says campaigners’ report
Campaigners say regional bank leaders still mostly white, male and from big business
World Bank appoints Caribbean and central Asian directors
New York Fed names chief of innovation hub and St Louis appoints head of economic equity institute
Trust and comprehension seen as more important than audience size
Central bankers see trust as the most important measure of communications effectiveness
US comptroller takes direct charge of agency’s bank supervision
US agency eliminates chief operating officer role as part of internal reorganisation
Somalia’s governor on rebuilding its central bank
Governor Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi discusses reviving Somalia’s war-damaged economy, re-creating a payments system, and dealing with remittances
South African Reserve Bank: the first 100 years
Central bankers and academics reflect on a tumultuous first century for Africa’s oldest central bank
Inflation reports more frequent than financial stability reports
Clear majority of central banks also use ‘layering’ in key publications
Comms team salaries similar across high and middle income countries
Employees earn on average around $33,000, according to data from 15 central banks
Iranian president appoints new central bank governor
Economics professor has served as central bank’s deputy governor since 2014
Another Ukrainian central bank official quits in protest
Head of financial stability department backs other officials’ strong criticisms of bank decisions
People: Chile’s central bank appoints new general manager
FCA makes appointments to legal team; Haitian governor to lead financial inclusion initiative
Georgieva proposes China deputy governor for IMF job
Li Bo would become deputy managing director from August
Peru’s likely president-elect will reappoint Velarde
As opponent disputes his narrow win, Castillo affirms role of long-serving governor
Pandemic changes could help women advance in central banks
Remote working gives staff flexibility not offered by existing arrangements, say senior policy-makers
People: Sam Woods reappointed; Fernanda Nechio returns to SF Fed
BoE deputy gets fresh term; Nechio to lead regional Fed’s sustainability research; and more