National Bank of Georgia
Georgia central bank orders 100bp rate increase
Worsening inflation pushes central bank to raise policy rate to 9.5%
Central Banking Awards 2021: winners in full
Winners in 2021 include the Federal Reserve, Alejandro Díaz de León and Charles Goodhart
Central Banking Awards 2021: final winners unveiled
Awards announced for central bank of the year, economics, risk management and more
Risk manager: National Bank of Georgia
Liquidity stress tests provided confidence to ease daily thresholds, and offer exchange rate, internal market and financial system support, without forcing the liquidation of illiquid reserves
Central Banking Awards 2021: third round of winners revealed
Awards go to central banks and market practitioners for payments, market infrastructure and currency
Financial market infrastructure services: Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s responsive deployment of new liquidity capabilities helped emerging-market central banks cope with pandemic market disruption
Georgia central bank raises policy rate despite recession
Authorities hike rates, citing rising inflation, amid high unemployment and political turmoil
Central Banking Awards 2021: second group of winners announced
Lifetime achievement award unveiled, plus awards for transparency, advisory, global markets and more
Transparency: National Bank of Georgia
Georgia’s central bank has improved communications on monetary policy, financial stability and consumer protection
Georgian central bank starts operating new resolution framework
NBG says new resolution system will greatly increase Georgia’s financial stability
NBG paper develops early warning system for external risks
Georgia’s current account deficit and dollarisation create vulnerabilities, authors say
Georgia’s Gvenetadze on implementing an aggressive reform agenda
The National Bank of Georgia governor speaks about efforts to improve monetary policy, financial infrastructure, financial literacy, transparency and ESG
The Central Banking Awards 2020 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from all the winners recognised in the seventh annual Central Banking Awards
IMF praises Georgia’s non-bank overhaul, but says issues remain
“Issues and challenges” could still threaten the sector’s viability, fund staff warn
National Bank of Georgia upgrades FX infrastructure
Move follows other financial market infrastructure reforms in recent years
Podcast: Georgia’s data-driven response to Covid-19
Covid-19 has provided the NBG a chance to test out its new data capabilities
Reserve managers ‘unprepared’ for home trading
Covid-19 presented reserve managers with unprecedented business continuity challenges at a time of acute market and economic distress
Georgian central bank launches liquidity support for SMEs
New programme will supply liquidity to commercial banks in exchange for loan collateral
Central Banking Awards 2020: the winners
All the winners in the 2020 Central Banking Awards
Central Banking Awards 2020: final winners announced
Awards include lifetime achievement, transparency, communications and website
Collateral management services: National Bank of Georgia/Montran
The duo developed Georgia’s fully automated new collateral framework
Financial market infrastructure services: Bloomberg
The US company has helped central banks improve monetary operations and deepen forex markets by scaling up technical infrastructure and database monitoring capabilities
People: Senate approves new Mexican deputy; Lagarde appoints Jihad Azour
Former head of finance ministry’s debt office to take on senior role at Bank of Mexico; Azour joins IMF team, leaving Lebanon’s finance ministry; and more
People: Georgian board approves new governor; T&T gets new board
Koba Gvenetadze clears penultimate hurdle to becoming National Bank of Georgia governor; six new directors join the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago; BIS names Alexandre Lamfalussy fellow