Financial inclusion
ADB approves $500 million loan to Indonesia
Policy-based facility focuses on expanding vulnerable groups’ access to financial services
Malaysia’s Zeti on the key skills needed to be a successful central banker
The Bank Negara veteran speaks about leadership skills, lessons from the AFC and 1MDB crises, her scepticism of inflation targeting, and how the Asia School of Business' masters synthesises theory with practical realities
Working group minutes: central banks weigh CBDC design choices
Central bankers discuss CBDC design elements, adoption rates and cross-border payments
Financial literacy quickens monetary policy reaction – study
Improving people’s knowledge of money matters could strengthen transmission
How to increase the impact of financial literacy initiatives
As surveys show financial literacy outcomes falling short, Pedro Duarte Neves distils key lessons
Ukraine’s governor on central banking as war endures
The NBU’s Andriy Pyshnyy speaks about the need for investment and reform amid labour shortages, securing war-risk insurance and Ukrainian funding from Russia’s frozen assets
BNM’s Rasheed on inflation, growth and currency performance in emerging markets
Bank Negara Malaysia’s governor speaks about balancing inflation and growth, supporting the ringgit, multilateral currency settlement and greening Islamic finance
Sexual orientation impacts financial wellbeing – Fed research
Gay, lesbian and bisexual people “significantly more financially vulnerable than previously understood”
Start small to secure resources for AI, central bankers say
Data-driven results could demonstrate GenAI’s usefulness, Summer Meetings hear
Non-banks in RTGSs: greater efficiency or more risk?
Policy-makers and practitioners from central banks in Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Rwanda and the US share their perspectives
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
AI threatens labour’s share of income, research finds
AI could increase inequality and social unrest, Philadelphia Fed paper argues
Debt-related driving bans create instability – Fed research
Punishments disproportionately affect low-income and minority communities
Global Money Week aims for better money sense
OECD event aimed at boosting financial literacy receives attention in central and eastern Europe
Central Banking Awards 2024: fourth round announced
BIS wins Green initiative award; other awards go for currency, CBDC and AML systems
Fintech Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Data reveals how advanced and emerging economy central banks structure their fintech functions
Has mobile money achieved what retail CBDCs aspire to?
Central Banking Spring Meetings: Fintech panellists discuss financial inclusion and bank casualties
BoT to promote financial literacy with TikTok
Thai central bank plans to develop educational resources with Chinese-owned video-sharing platform
CBDC is inevitable
Central bank digital currency should be thought of as a platform rather than a product, writes Dave Birch
Minneapolis Fed paper supports ban on enforcing non-competes
New law in Minnesota prevents companies from restricting where former employees can go to work