ECB posted €1.3bn loss in 2025
The European Central Bank’s annual accounts report, published today (February 26), show that it made a €1.3 billion ($1.53 billion) loss in 2025. This was the third consecutive year in which the ECB posted a…
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The European Central Bank’s annual accounts report, published today (February 26), show that it made a €1.3 billion ($1.53 billion) loss in 2025. This was the third consecutive year in which the ECB posted a…
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Bulgaria’s president, Iliana Iotova, has picked Andrey Gurov, the suspended deputy governor of the country’s central bank, to form a caretaker government. In accepting the nomination today (February 12), Gurov described Bulgaria’s political environment as…
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Ex-ECB official: central banks need to vouch more for CBDCs – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Monetary authorities have been cornered by banking industry, argues Ulrich Bindseil Ulrich Bindseil…
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Lagarde downplays odds of early exit – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content ECB president uses interviews to say she is on a ‘mission’ with a ‘baseline’ of serving out…
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Central banks with hybrid structures are more likely to use social media for two-way communications than counterparts with other arrangements, data from the Communications Benchmarks 2025 reveals. Eight (80%) of the 10 communications teams with…
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Romanian governor targeted by new deepfake – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Fake advertisements push financial investments using Mugur Isărescu’s imagery National Bank of Romania The governor of the…
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Gujarat in western India has launched a central bank digital currency pilot in which grain is dispensed from 24/7 automated teller machines (ATMs) as part of the state’s public welfare programme. At the launch on…
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Central Banking’s regtech and suptech interviews are an in-depth exploration of the pioneering work at central banks and supervisory authorities following on from the 2024 survey. This year, Central Banking spoke with teams at the…
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The European Central Bank The European Central Bank is improving its repurchase lines with other monetary institutions. In an announcement on February 14, the ECB said it was effectively updating the Eurosystem repo facility for…
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A member of the Bank of Japan’s board has said it should continue to raise interest rates, albeit cautiously. In a speech on November 27, Asahi Noguchi said Japan’s economy was in a transitional phase…
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