The Bank of Jamaica has declared its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot programme a success, setting the stage for a national rollout throughout the first quarter of this year. Jamaica partnered with eCurrency, an…
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The Bank of England’s Clair Mills has urged central banks to “engage” with emerging technology, or risk falling behind the curve. The Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) chief operating officer said the use of regtech to…
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Higher oil prices can significantly dampen the spillover effects of US monetary policy on Gulf economies, a paper published by the International Monetary Fund finds. Olumuyiwa Adedeji and co-authors examine how oil prices affect US…
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Argentina starting to repay debt with deal stuck with two creditors Two of the creditors involved in Argentina’s debt saga have settled after the Latin American government submitted a proposal to the US federal court…
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Communications Benchmarks 2021 report – executive summary – Central Banking Insights into staffing and salaries, channels, social media, new technology and strategies The field of central banking has come a long way since former Bank…
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The Bank of England has admitted to a number of failures that allowed for the leak of a backup audio feed of its press conferences in 2019. The BoE failed to investigate a warning…
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A spotlight on IPSAS Draft 69 – Central Banking Proposed guidance for specific instruments by PSASB may have significant implications Central banks face a small set of material challenges when adopting internationally generally accepted accounting…
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Fresh measures taken by the European Central Bank to tackle gender imbalances will also contribute to better policies, a top official says. “Creating a culture in which diverse points of view and a wide range…
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Andrea Maechler: two-year term with GFXC The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has appointed Andrea Maechler, a governing member of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), as its new chair for a two-year term. She replaces…
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It seems to me that the average person wants anonymity for their own payments because they are not crooks. On the other hand, the average person (not to mention the average policeman) doesn’t want anonymity…
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