Malaysia
People: Paraguay confirms governor appointment
Nicaragua gives governor five more years; Malaysia appoints deputy; and more
Malaysia’s central bank holds policy rate
Decision comes after headline inflation fell to one-year low but core inflation remains higher
Central Banking Awards 2023: highlights from the ceremony
Event heard from award winners including Stefan Ingves, Shaktikanta Das and Andriy Pyshnyy
Bank Negara Malaysia veteran named as next governor
Shamsiah will step down when her first term ends, handing over to current deputy governor
Singapore and Malaysia set up cross-border payments link
Travellers can use QR codes to pay for transactions in foreign stores
BIS to trial Asian instant payments link
Project Nexus aims to create standardised cross-border link for different countries’ systems
Central Banking Awards 2023: first group of winners revealed
Awards for Central bank of the year, Risk manager and asset service providers announced today
Bank Negara Malaysia commits to improve financial inclusion
BNM says the pandemic has eroded many people’s financial buffers
Malaysian central bank holds rates while Indonesia hikes again
Both countries report marginal rises in inflation and BNM warns of global growth slowdown
Malaysian central bank delivers fourth straight 25bp hike
Inflation remains relatively subdued despite strong second quarter growth
Malaysian MPC raises interest rate for third successive meeting
BNM says Malaysian economic growth will continue despite growing currency volatility
Malaysian central bank plays down impact of potential data breach
BNM says Malaysia’s payment system remains “safe and secure”
Asian central banks deploy FX reserves to prop up currencies
Analysts remain confident in Asia’s financial stability, but recession risks are building
Bank Negara Malaysia raises policy rate by 25bp
BNM says it will ensure monetary policy remains accommodative to support economic growth
PBoC launches renminbi reserve pool with BIS
Equivalent of $13.5 billion will be pooled by six central banks to withstand market volatility
Lifetime achievement: Stanley Fischer
Fischer has had a profound impact on monetary economics and central banking during his prolific career
Initiative: BoT and MAS’s PromptPay-PayNow link
Connecting the two nations’ instant payment systems is empowering citizens
People: Sarb appoints new Prudential Authority chief
New Malaysian assistant governor to take office in April, and RBNZ hires chief economist
People: BIS names chair; IMF appoints chief economist
De Galhau to chair BIS top governance body; international macroeconomist to lead IMF research; Bank Negara Malaysia appoints MPC member
Bank Negara Malaysia set to implement consumer credit law
“Long-awaited” law will regulate consumer lending in Malaysia, including “buy now, pay later”
Eurozone’s faster payments system to link with Singapore and Malaysia
Proof of concept is the next step of the BIS’s Project Nexus
Transactional cash usage ebbs and flows in response to Covid-19
The proportion of payments made in cash ranged from 3% to 88%
Singapore and Malaysia to link payment systems
Regulators see potential of using distributed ledger technology in cross-border payment linkage
Thailand and Malaysia invite banks to operate across borders
Banks can operate in host country with greater access and flexibility under Asean initiative