Regulation
IMF’s Adrian on the systemic threat posed by a ‘weak tail’ of financial institutions
The IMF’s financial counsellor speaks to Christopher Jeffery about bank runs and emergency interventions, market and oversight failings, and the need for action on run rate assumptions, interest rate risk, deposit insurance, crypto regulation and a ‘weak…
Fintech Benchmarks 2023 – presentation
Specialist Joasia E. Popowicz discusses CBDCs, cyber security, AI/ML in regtech, suptech and cloud computing
Around half of communications staff hold master’s degree or above
Over 40% of staff were hired with a communications degree on average
Most people visit central banks’ websites via search engines
Clicks on social media platforms drive around 7% of traffic to central banks’ websites
Most central banks give background briefings on key initiatives to journalists
Practice is dominant across central banks from advanced and emerging economies
Boosting social media and improving websites top priorities for comms teams
Data suggest central banks’ focus on communicating with the public
Communications departments get involved in key policy decisions at varying stages
Early communications involvement in policy decisions raises effectiveness
Regnology cements regtech-suptech dominance with Metadata acquisition
Series of bank collapses underscores need for timely data on firms’ regulatory metrics
Fed inspector says FOMC should look at extending trading rules
Internal watchdog also finds shortcomings in enforcement and review
EME central banks favour social media, AE institutions prefer traditional channels
Central banks actively manage four social media platforms on average
JP Morgan buys First Republic in weekend rescue deal
US suffered “a bit of complacency” on banking regulation, says IMF chief
Central banks most effective in monetary policy communications
All participating central banks monitor media to gauge effectiveness of communications
Central bank negative equity: a risk governance perspective
Janet Cosier explains how risk planning, recapitalisation and transparency are key as central banks incur financial losses
Fed report admits errors in SVB oversight
Report takes aim at regulatory easing during Trump era
Email, events and seminars top tools for internal communication
But few central banks have a mobile app for staff communication
Most AE central banks split internal and external communications
But those in emerging market economies tend to assign the tasks to a single team
Climate change and the role for central banks
Gavin Bingham, Andrew Large and Paul Fisher explain how climate change affects central banks and the competing tensions it raises in relation to policy responses
Belize to create AML/CFT exception to central bank confidentiality
Proposed law would also require rules against conflicts of interest
Most central banks have centralised communications teams
Result broadly similar across central banks in advanced and emerging market economies
Most communications teams outsource tasks to external providers
Outsourcing more common among central banks in emerging markets
Email and social media most common two-way channels
Central banks in emerging market economies prefer social media to email
Stagnant US bank numbers ‘concerning’ – Fed’s Bowman
Governor argues regulation be loosened for bank formation, not tightened for mergers
FSB to draw lessons from banking stress
Nature of vulnerabilities and speed of recent crisis call for review of regulation, Klaas Knot says
Global economy will be ‘anaemic’ – IMF
Inflation falling, but central banks will only reach targets over 2024 and 2025