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Fed announces strict new trading rules for senior officials

Fed announces strict new trading rules for senior officials

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors announced it would adopt strict new regulations barring its officials from investing in individual stocks and bonds (October 21). The board’s new rules will impose tighter disclosure rules and…

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Lebanese central bank faces audit as crisis deepens

Lebanese central bank faces audit as crisis deepens

The Central Bank of Lebanon is to be audited as recriminations fly over the country’s descent into economic crisis. The government appointed turnaround consultants Alvarez & Marsal to carry out the audit, after a cabinet…

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Podcast: Dominik Weh on why central banks need to embrace technology

Podcast: Dominik Weh on why central banks need to embrace technology

Central banks may need to “embrace failure” if they are to get ahead of new developments in the technology space, says Dominik Weh, a partner at Oliver Wyman. “You can only fulfill your mandate and…

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People: ECB appoints new head of macro-pru

People: ECB appoints new head of macro-pru

BIS names Innovation Hub directors; Bundesbank sends representative to Madrid; and more by : Source link

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Nigeria launches ‘digital naira’ pilot

Nigeria launches ‘digital naira’ pilot

The Central Bank of Nigeria formally introduced eNaira, a pilot retail central bank digital (CBDC) currency on October 25.   Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by population, becomes the first on the continent to introduce a pilot CBDC. The amount of electronic currency currently…

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The winners of the 2019 Fintech and Regtech Global Awards

The winners of the 2019 Fintech and Regtech Global Awards

This year marks our second annual Fintech & Regtech Global Awards, which were launched to recognise technological excellence in the field of central banking and among the firms that provide essential support to the community.…

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Saudi Arabia boosts Pakistan’s reserves

Saudi Arabia boosts Pakistan’s reserves

The State Bank of Pakistan The Saudi Fund for Development has boosted the coffers of the State Bank of Pakistan with a $3 billion deposit, adding to a recent recovery in the central bank’s reserves.…

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Mersch: no political appetite for ‘European safe bonds’

Mersch: no political appetite for ‘European safe bonds’

Yves Mersch, European Central Bank Europe is not politically ready for “European safe bonds” which would bundle together the sovereign debt instruments of different eurozone countries, Yves Mersch said today (February 10). Mersch, a member…

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Central bank communications ‘after’ Covid

Central bank communications ‘after’ Covid

The path from ordinary operations to crisis communications is not typically a long one. Running monetary and financial stability policy often means addressing crises: bank failures, currency fluctuations, critical systems outages and sudden capital movements…

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Senators introduce Fed ethics law

Senators introduce Fed ethics law

Four Democratic senators introduced legislation to forbid Federal Reserve officials from holding or trading individual stocks and other securities on October 26. The proposed law, titled the ‘‘Ban Conflicted Trading at the Fed Act’’, would…

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