Banque de France (BdF)
Rate rises reveal defi weaknesses – Powell
Regulating algorithms highlighted as key crypto challenge at Banque de France conference
ECB could bring rates close to 2% by year’s end, says French governor
François Villeroy de Galhau estimates eurozone’s neutral rate is below or near 2%
Digital euro should co-exist with commercial bank money, BdF official says
Nicolas de Labarre highlights further details of the CBDC project
Banque de France announces second wholesale CBDC experiment phase
CBDC as a settlement asset may be ready by 2023
The FinTech and RegTech Global Awards 2022 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from the winners of the fifth annual FinTech and RegTech Global Awards
Tougher macro-pru helps response to major storms – BdF paper
Better regulation greatly reduces costs of financing after some natural disasters, researchers find
Lagarde signals first ECB rate hike in July
Nagel stresses risk of acting too late, as Villeroy says fiscal-monetary alignment no longer possible
Tech talent: a global bottleneck for central banks?
Central banks are struggling to recruit people with the right fintech expertise. The search for talent may also create new ethical challenges in managing links to industry
Central Banking Awards 2022: first winners unveiled
Governor of the year, Risk manager, two Green initiative awards and more announced today
Green initiative – regulatory: Banque de France and ACPR
The French central bank and prudential regulator created an innovative stress-test methodology
Joint CBDC project highlights promise of interoperability
Banque de France, HSBC and IBM find different technologies can still work together
Trade credit helped amplify initial Covid-19 shock – BdF paper
Net borrowers of trade credit faced sharper liquidity squeeze, researchers find
Project Jura executes ‘real-life’ cross-border CBDC settlement
“Dual-notary” structure could help protect monetary sovereignty, says Benoît Cœuré
GDP-linked bonds unlikely to ‘tame debt’ – BdF paper
Linking sovereign bonds to GDP would not necessarily improve debt ratios, researchers find
Group tests bond settlement on French CBDC platform
Euroclear says CBDC-driven system can plug into existing market infrastructure
Greater competition cut US banks’ ‘insider lending’ – BdF paper
Researchers quantify bank owners’ and executives’ loans to themselves and their interests
BDF paper analyses banks’ capital buffers
Researchers suggest new approach to setting banks’ structural and cyclical reserve levels
Do central banks have enough resources to meet tech challenge?
Accelerating technological evolution, difficulties accessing and retaining technical staff, and limited resources will present growing challenges for central banks in the future
Villeroy de Galhau calls for banking union to be completed
French governor proposes creation of common deposit mechanism
Lending rate rigidity weakens eurozone monetary policy – BdF paper
Asymmetric costs in changing bank lending reduce effects of looser policy
Report finds major failings in eurozone’s RTGS management
ECB-commissioned Deloitte inquiry into system failures recommends series of reforms
France and Tunisia carry out cross-border CBDC transfer
Latest BdF experiment sees central banks make wire transfer using wholesale CBDC
Climate training hub launched by international consortium
BIS training platform will act as single access point for climate risk training for central banks
BdF paper analyses inflation tolerance ranges
Ranges “should not be zones of inaction” and may have unfavourable trade-offs, researchers say