Dan Hardie
Staff writer, Central Banking
Dan Hardie previously worked as a journalist for Central Banking, as a staff writer and later news editor. He has a degree from Oxford University and served in Afghanistan with the British army.
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Yakiv Smolii confirmed as Ukrainian governor
Interim governor voted in as permanent head after 10 months
Ukraine’s MPC concerned over inflationary pressures – minutes
First published minutes show currency worries as deadlock blocks vote on governor
Latvian governor barred from entering central bank
Deputy governor effectively in charge as governor banned during bribery investigation
European cyber resilience board holds first meeting
ECB’s Cœuré will chair board consisting of major financial infrastructure companies
Latvian governor unable to attend ECB meeting due to corruption inquiry
Parliament will debate governor’s continuation in role this week
Greek governor accuses government of ‘outright lies’ over bribery allegations
Prime minister says he wants the truth, but Stournaras accuses government of deception
Polish central bank uses YouTube comedy to warn of digital currency dangers
Film runs up over 500,000 views, but some local media criticise lack of transparency
Latvian governor attacks bribery ‘lies’
Prime Minister says governor may be target of smear, but banker widens accusations
Ireland withdraws Lane’s nomination for ECB vice president
Spain’s de Guindos likely to take up role, but Irish may suggest Lane for the chief economist post
ECB orders Latvia to shutter bank over laundering allegations
US Treasury alleges the bank laundered billions of dollars and had links to North Korea
Latvian police detain central bank governor on corruption charges
Rimšēvičs says charges are totally unfounded
Bank of Russia upgrades interbank loan system
The central bank publishes a clutch of documents on financial technology; says hackers stole $6 million via Swift in a “common scheme”
President names governor for one of Yemen’s two central banks
Saudi Arabia likely to be a key influence in appointing the new figure, says expert
Sudanese central bank weakens foreign exchange rate for banks
Official rates remain well above black market prices, local reports say
Saudis deposit $3 billion to build up Yemeni central bank
Saudis are also training central bank staff, and say US and UK are supporting capacity-building
CCP stress tests have found capital shortfalls – Esma
Small increases to stress-test scenarios would have left ICE Clear Europe “in material breach”
Sri Lankan inquiry says former governor may have acted criminally
Finance minister may have been “corrupt” and deputy governors were "negligent”, report says
Ukrainian president nominates acting governor for permanent role
Lack of parliamentary support blocked candidate from private bank, observer says
Cyclical price analysis needs major improvements – ECB paper
Researchers say DSGE models’ handling of housing prices is subject to errors
Russian central bank bails out country’s ninth-largest lender
Move is sign of continuing squeeze on private banks, observers say; Bank of Russia also cuts policy rates for fourth time in 2017
Russian central bank becomes sole shareholder in failed bank
Central bank injects approximately $7.7 billion into Otkritie
Greek governor attacks ‘politically motivated' accusations
Parliamentary audit cleared Stournaras of failing to disclose assets, Bank of Greece says
Russian central bank closes two more banks for malpractice
Smaller banks will be able to operate with “basic licences” from 2018, Nabiullina says
Malaysian inquiry calls for investigation of former PM – local media
Some local media attack inquiry as politically motivated after criticism of current leader