Supervision
Eurozone should re-think stress tests, Enria says
Top ECB supervisor suggests splitting tests to make them simpler and less costly
RBNZ to boost transparency on regulatory breaches
Central bank presses ahead with plan to report “material breaches” by banks on its website
IMF officials call for ‘far-sighted’ digital currency regulation
Stablecoins could put weaker currencies at risk and increase illicit activities, IMF officials warn
Barbados launches new statistics hub
Central bank simplifies data publications for “man on the street” and standardises bank reporting
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
BIS paper: DLT opens possibility of ‘embedded supervision’
Distributed ledger data would be useful for supervision, but must be trustworthy, author says
Aussie regulator signals tougher misconduct stance
Asic warns it will use new powers to punish misconduct in wake of excoriating Royal Commission review
Shared supervision can help avoid ‘capture’ – BoE paper
Dividing tasks across agencies can lead to better outcomes by avoiding “supervisory capture”
Fed proposes new capital rule for insurance firms
Fed does not anticipate firms would have to raise new capital
Macro-pru is no panacea
Many central banks need better macro-prudential policy frameworks and communication at a time of rising political interference
PRA’s Mills on future fintech challenges for supervision
The PRA's chief operating officer Clair Mills discusses tensions caused by disruptive innovation, major uses of AI, the role of big tech and the future of supervision
Central banks ‘must engage’ with emerging technology – BoE’s Mills
PRA chief operating officer says BoE is planning new regtech projects
The Deutsche Bundesbank’s digital transformation
The German central bank’s new digital agenda includes major re-engineering of legacy analytics, processes, innovation management and digital competency
FDIC could reduce resolution costs by 17% – Bank of Canada paper
Eliminating uncertainty over auction process could reduce multiple bidding, researchers say
Fintech and risk: what does the future hold?
Five key areas where regulators need to make judgements on fintech risks
ECB and EU auditors sign deal on supervisory data access
Auditors will view sensitive documents in controlled environment, ECB says
Uribe details aggressive Flar expansion plans
The Latin American fund chief, José Darío Uribe, speaks about: Flar’s efforts to support macroeconomic and financial stability; exposure to Venezuela; and more
Agustín Carstens on fixing the global monetary system
The BIS chief speaks about how to strengthen the global safety net, vulnerabilities in emerging markets and the challenges and opportunities posed by fintech
Central banks face loss of independence – Central Banking survey
A new survey of Central Banking’s Editorial Advisory Board points to central banks facing existential challenges with little change in their frameworks or toolkits
Bank of Mauritius overhauling supervisory framework – governor
Yandraduth Googoolye says central bank is embarking on several regulatory and supervisory reforms
RBNZ takes further steps to improve regulation and oversight
Regulators’ new “vision” incorporates climate change and social inclusion
Market-based metrics are best signal for bank distress – IMF paper
Researcher finds vulnerabilities in large eurozone banks, while North America is least distressed region
Mark Carney on joined-up policy-making, forward guidance and Brexit
BoE governor rules out negative rates and change to inflation targets, offers update on too-big-to-fail and use of CCyBs, highlights challenges of an asymmetric monetary system, hits out at cumbersome payments and warns Facebook’s libra cannot ‘learn as…
People: Brazilian government nominates World Bank official for deputy governor role
Sri Lanka names monetary policy board member; Bank of Ghana governor appointed to FSB role