Regulation
Two in five large reserves holders reduce dollar allocations
Yet central banks’ FX holdings remain broadly denominated in US currency
Reserve managers widely satisfied with staff strength and resources
Large reserve management teams tend to earn higher salaries
Financial Stability Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdowns reveal differences in risk perceptions, staffing and AI usage
How to solve the Fed’s $300bn FRTB problem
A sacrifice will have to be made to ensure new market risk rules meet demands for capital neutrality
South Korea planning to revive paused CBDC programme
Bank of Korea’s Rhee says CBDC may be used to distribute government subsidies
Belize clarifies moneylender annual fees cap at 144%
Central bank says it is striving to reduce overall fees, improve transparency and cut predatory lending
A not-so-stable Genius Act?
New stablecoin rules raise monetary sovereignty and financial stability concerns
Crypto has accelerated CBDC work – BIS survey
Developing and emerging economies more likely to make retail CBDC available on distributed ledgers
The next step for Africa’s digital economy: fast, inclusive payments
Central banks should lead policy for a payments transformation that benefits all levels of society, argue Jean Pesme and Michael Wiegand
RBI says its monetary framework serves India well
Central bank rejects idea of removing food from CPI index used for inflation targeting
China to discuss stablecoins at cabinet level – report
Experts say allowing stablecoin issuance in mainland China unlikely to speed up yuan internationalisation
Six central banks report increase in AML/CFT risks
Nine in 10 institutions indicate having sufficient powers to deal with risks
The Genius Act: a smart move for global payments?
Experts from the stablecoin industry discuss if new US law can live up to its name
Central banks see cyber attacks as key financial stability risk
Respondents also reveal other elevated risks, including geopolitics and tariffs
Cyber attacks rise in three-fifths of jurisdictions
Central banks lacking incident response team report highest rate of attacks
Ireland loosens credit union rules to spur green loans
Central bank expresses hope for more sustainable lending as it increases capacity from €2.9bn to €9.9bn
BoE’s Benjamin on market resilience, non-bank liquidity and the modern financial system
The UK central bank’s executive director for financial stability strategy and risk speaks about leverage in the gilt repo market, minimum haircuts and central clearing, and securing liquidity to where it’s needed
Majority of central banks have analysed effects of tariffs
Spike in levies seen as having varying degrees of impact on financial stability
Only 30% of central banks conduct non-bank stress-testing
Exercise tends to be less common in institutions with smaller financial stability teams
Most central banks seek improved regulatory frameworks
Key areas include laws on systemically important banks, liquidity risks, insurance and fintechs
Limit on insured bank deposit payouts averages $50,000
One in 10 jurisdictions lack any deposit insurance fund
Speedy on-boarding: the push for faster model approvals
Europe’s banking watchdog is planning to streamline how it authorises credit model updates. Not a moment too soon, say bankers
Two in five central banks see need for more macro-pru tools
Caps on loan-to-value ratios are respondents’ most actively used policy
AI most widely used for document preparation in financial stability
Smaller financial stability teams less likely to utilise technology