Yves Mersch
Cash infrastructure as public good – implications for the cash cycle
Eurosystem is seeking to safeguard cash infrastructure even as transaction volumes plunge
ECB warns Slovenia over new loan law
Yves Mersch says ECB should have been consulted over law and warns of financial stability effects
Mersch says retail CBDC could destabilise financial system
Central bank digital currency could worsen bank runs and harm disintermediation, ECB official says
Should the ECB add owner-occupied housing costs to its inflation measure?
Yves Mersch argues broader measure of housing costs would give more realistic inflation picture
ECB’s Mersch warns of negative side-effects of ultra-loose policies
Policies may be contributing to risk-taking, high asset-price inflation and inequality, board member says
ECB’s Mersch shows support for European deposit insurance scheme
Europe must look to create a stronger integrated market, he says, while urging European governments to do more with regard to fiscal policy
Bankers are ignoring crypto assets’ flaws – expert
Technologists are more worried than financiers by problems, expert tells IMF panel
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
People: Lagarde and Mersch receive European Parliament backing
Majority of European Parliament votes in favour of new ECB president and supervisory vice-chair
ECB’s Mersch attacks Facebook over ‘cartel-like’ libra structure
Senior ECB official accuses currency project of “treacherous promises”
National Bank of Romania resists the populists – for now
Veteran governor Mugur Isărescu has run a largely successful campaign to defend the central bank’s independence during a turbulent year
Romania’s Mugur Isarescu on independence in a ‘post-truth’ world
National Bank of Romania veteran governor speaks to Christopher Jeffery about the country’s shift to a market economy, challenges in the eurozone and independence in a ‘post-truth’ world
ECB criticises revised Romanian tax law
New proposals could harm banks and distort lending, ECB says
ECB starts publishing senior officials’ declarations of interest
Mario Draghi is one of the senior officials to hold over €100,000 in a bank directly supervised by ECB
ECB nominates Yves Mersch to supervisory board
Lautenschläger gains new responsibilities on governing council; Mersch must be approved by European Parliament and will retain legal portfolio
ECB says Romanian government breached EU law over bank tax
Governor again warns emergency tax decree could harm banks and damage monetary policy
ECB launches eurozone real-time retail payments platform
ECB aims to prevent fragmentation of European real-time payments market
Mersch issues warning to European payment providers
European firms must innovate or risk being competed out of instant payment sector
ECB should not be lead agency for EU financial stability – Mersch
Democratically elected institutions should play main role, ECB board member says
Foreign jurisdictions could disrupt European payments, Mersch warns
EU must end reliance on foreign-based payment card providers, ECB official says
ECB’s Mersch urges caution on regulatory sandboxes
The ECB board member is “not sure we have the right answers yet”