Articles by Dan Hardie
Is the integrity of Afghanistan’s central bank under threat?
Acting governor fires key staff and is accused of undoing reforms, while World Bank appears ready to suspend funds; administration and other donors show few signs of learning from Kabul Bank scandal
Divided Libyan central bank holds peace meeting
Central bank’s first board meeting in five years agrees single exchange rate for war-torn country
Federal Reserve joins NGFS
Seven other organisations join as Trump defeat frees Fed to join green network
Maltese ex-finance minister becomes governor despite political dispute
Opposition alleges Edward Scicluna is “bad choice” but Labour government dismisses claims
Danish central bank moves closer to Target settlement systems
National Bank of Denmark applies to use T2 RTGS system and may start using Tips
Lebanese parliament demands central bank audit
Lawmakers say vote overrules banking secrecy laws and central bank must release documents
Forensic auditors walk out of Lebanese central bank
Finance minister says central blank blocked audit as president stresses investigation must continue
Nigerian central bank freezes protestors’ accounts
Central bank says it is carrying out routine investigation, but protestors say it is targeting them
ECB announces independent inquiry into Target2 outage
Main findings on RTGS failure will be published by second quarter of next year, ECB says
Turkish finance minister quits after president fires governor
Finance minister resigns before new governor signals he will consider raising policy rates
South Sudan president fires governor again
President has now fired four governors and eight finance ministers, as multiple crises continue
Lebanese central bank ‘has not handed over audit documents’
Media reports say embattled central bank has not provided basic data on transactions
ECB says Target2 outage was caused by third-party network device
“Root cause” was software defect in third-party network device in eurosystem’s network – ECB
Eurozone’s RTGS system suffers major outage
ECB says Target2 system’s production site had to shift to alternative region – rules out cyber incident
Ukrainian deputy governor publicly criticises central bank
Governor effectively takes responsibility for banking supervision away from leading reformer
Turkish central bank holds rates despite currency’s slide
MPC attempts indirect tightening again as expert claims official figures hide true inflation rate
UK government could give BoE ‘green’ asset holding remit – official
Government could alter BoE’s asset-holding remit to take account of climate-related risks – Hauser
SNB head to face council over sexism allegations – media reports
Lawmakers demand answers on treatment of women after report alleges sexist culture at SNB
Ukrainian governor denies wanting to force deputies out
Shevchenko says reprimand was over communications, but observers warn of political pressure
Ukrainian central bank council reprimands deputy governors
Vote puts pressure on Rozhkova and Sologub to quit central bank in latest move against reformers
US Treasury imposes sanctions on Syrian central bank chief
Governor Karfoul used extortion tactics to help Assad regime, alleges US Treasury
Nigerian central bank cuts rates despite rising inflation
Country faces falling output and rising prices as general strike vote increases pressure
Algerian president appoints fifth governor since 2016
Previous governor became finance minister in June as government faces severe economic problems
Ukrainian governor defends key banking reform
Shevchenko tells court deposit guarantees must stay independent to safeguard banking reforms