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Argentine candidate promises opposition seats on BCRA board

Argentine candidate promises opposition seats on BCRA board

The Central Bank of Argentina Argentinian presidential candidate Sergio Massa has said he will give half the posts in the central bank leadership to the opposition if he is elected. Speaking on television channel C5N,…

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EU council appoints Buch head of ECB’s supervisory board

EU council appoints Buch head of ECB’s supervisory board

The Council of the European Union today (October 19) appointed Claudia Buch as new chair of the European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory board. Buch currently serves as vice-president of the Deutsche Bundesbank. She will replace…

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Australia proposes crypto regulation reforms

Australia proposes crypto regulation reforms

Australia’s federal government published today (October 16) its proposed crypto reforms to protect consumers.  Crypto exchanges and digital asset platforms would be subject to existing Australian financial services laws and platform operators required to obtain…

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Brazil board united on continuing easing with 50bp cuts

Brazil board united on continuing easing with 50bp cuts

A member of the Brazilian central bank’s board has stressed that policy-makers are united around a programme of 50 basis point rate cuts. In a video published on October 16, deputy governor Mauricio Moura said…

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Burundi authorities arrest former governor

Burundi authorities arrest former governor

Burundian authorities have announced they have arrested and charged the former governor of the central bank, Dieudonné Murengerantwari. In an October 10 press release, the prosecutor-general’s office confirmed Murengerantwari’s arrest. It said he was arrested…

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Cross-border CBDC challenging to deliver, officials warn

Cross-border CBDC challenging to deliver, officials warn

Many countries are building central bank digital currency (CBDC) on a domestic level and some have already launched systems, but cross-border use is much harder to pull off, officials warned today (October 12). Fabio Panetta,…

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BoJ leaders divided on wage growth and timing of tightening

BoJ leaders divided on wage growth and timing of tightening

July minutes show disagreement over when firms will raise wages by : Source link

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Bank of Canada researchers claim breakthrough in credentialisation

Bank of Canada researchers claim breakthrough in credentialisation

Researchers with the Bank of Canada say they have created a system for substantiating credentials that is anonymous and immune to quantum computer hacking. “In this work, we construct the first secret-free and quantum-safe credential…

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Burundian president replaces governor again

Burundian president replaces governor again

Burundi’s president appointed Édouard Normand Bigendako as governor of the central bank on October 8, media reported. Evariste Ndayishimiye’s widely circulated decree did not specify why he was replacing Dieudonné Murengerantwari, the incumbent governor, who had…

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Russia starts digital ruble trials

Russia starts digital ruble trials

The Bank of Russia said it is launching its central bank digital currency pilot today (August 15), after digital ruble legislation passed by the State Duma came into effect on August 1. Thirteen banks are…

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