Articles by Temple Asaju
Governance Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdown highlights independence pressures, capital frameworks and staffing challenges
Governance Benchmarks 2025 report – independence amid turbulence
Benchmarks highlight pressures on independence but most say protections are sufficient
Bank of Ghana needs recapitalisation – study
Economist says measure could be funded through natural resources and remittance payments
Can central banks cut remittance fees to sustainable levels?
More action is needed to reach the UN’s 3% global average cost target. But central banks face limits on what they can do
Fintech Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdown reveals differences in CBDC research, AI use and adoption of the cloud
Fintech Benchmarks 2025 report – supervising security
Benchmarks highlight how technological advancement needs to go hand in hand with tougher security
Risk Management Benchmarks 2025 report – mind the techno-political gap
Responses show central banks’ shifting priorities as volatility increases
Ethiopia’s liberalisation paves way for banking consolidation
Reforms will give central bank power to supervise foreign lenders as country lifts barriers to investment
Economics Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Additional data breakdowns reveal patterns based on staffing and development
Economics Benchmarks 2024 report – making models work
The benchmarks this year include more granular details on key model design features
Currency Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Data highlights differences in cash management between central banks
Currency Benchmarks 2024 report – securing cash payments
As transactional cash use falls, many central banks are adopting policies to safeguard cash access
Reserve Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
New breakdowns reveal differences in central bank reserves management by size and economic group
Reserve Benchmarks 2024 report – the challenge of diversification
Central banks’ insights into portfolio make-up shine light on new and old trends
Financial Stability Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Further breakdowns of the data highlight patterns in governance, regulatory reform and cyber risk
Financial Stability Benchmarks 2024 report – seeking sounder banks
Banking regulation remains a work in progress for many central banks, but staffing is a problem
Monetary Policy Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Further breakdowns of the data reveal patterns in staffing, liquidity tools and transparency
Monetary Policy Benchmarks 2024 report – back to normality?
Data reveals trends in use of policy tools as well as operating frameworks and communications
Payments Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Breakdowns of key data from the payments benchmark shed light on how the function is governed
Payments Benchmarks 2024 report – towards tokenisation
Benchmarks highlight optimism on tokenisation, hostility to crypto and efforts to upgrade RTGS
Communications Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Additional breakdowns of the data highlight differences in emerging market and advanced economies
Communications Benchmarks 2024 report – emerging trends
Benchmarks highlight increased use of traditional media, comms staff’s shrunken roles in policy-making and exploration into AI
Governance Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Additional breakdowns of the data reveal details of central bank powers, staffing and more
Governance Benchmarks 2024 report – central banks’ core processes
The benchmarks shed light on central bank profitability and distributions, independence and more