Anti-money laundering
Latvian ex-governor Rimšēvičs sentenced to six years in prison
Court finds former central bank governor guilty of taking bribes
BoJ’s CBDC designed to hold ‘minimum’ amount of user data
Offline solutions deemed to pose too great a risk of double spending and counterfeiting
Cyprus central bank defends supervision after sanctions-busting claims
Prime minister pledges report after media investigation says Russians used local firms to dodge sanctions
Data sharing as a policy intervention
Increasing access to data represents another policy lever regulators can pull to achieve their objectives, writes David Bholat
BIS Innovation Hub takes aim at cross-border compliance
Project Mandala will explore ‘compliance by design’ to boost efficiency of cross-border transactions
MAS defends AML supervision in wake of billion-dollar scandal
Credit Suisse, Citi, DBS and Deutsche Bank among firms implicated
Iraqi central bank bans use of dollar for internal transactions
Move comes as tension with US over money laundering and Iran causes growing dollar shortage
US ‘bitcoin ATM’ industry growing despite risks, research finds
Remittances are big driver of bitcoin-to-cash ATMs, but industry is predatory, paper warns
Financial Stability Benchmarks 2023 – executive summary
Key findings of the 2023 benchmark, including resources, regulation, macro-pru, crime and future risk
A ‘unified ledger’ and the future of money
Blueprint set out by the BIS staff raises plenty of questions about the 'singleness of money'
Financial Stability Benchmarks 2023 report – how central banks confront risk
Central banks discuss resources, regulating banks and non-banks, macro-pru, crime and future risk
Audit of Lebanese central bank reveals huge shortfalls
US, UK and Canada place personal sanctions on ex-governor Salameh
Currency round-up: Uganda considers dropping smallest note
Suriname banker calls for larger denominations, while Chilean ex-governor opposes them
Fed fines Deutsche Bank $186.4 million for AML violations
German lender failed to comply with earlier orders and was involved in Danske Bank scandal
Panama supreme court rejects crypto law
Judges agree draft law has unconstitutional provisions and was improperly passed
IMF repeats warning on Marshall Islands’ fintech plans
Fund proposes Pacific island state could set up a ‘monetary authority’
FATF finds global crypto AML failures
Most jurisdictions “struggle with fundamental requirements”
Central banking against a full-scale war
National Bank of Ukraine governor Andriy Pyshnyy shares seven statements about ‘antifragility’ and the ability to function under uncertainty – and succeed
Foreign de-risking keeps Somali banks isolated, governor says
Central Banking Summer Meetings: Somalia needs to rejoin world finance system after payments success
Central Banking FinTech RegTech Global Awards 2023
Central Banking’s sixth annual FinTech RegTech Global Awards showcase the ground-breaking projects undertaken within the central banking community
Lebanon imposes travel ban on governor
Germany follows France in issuing arrest warrants for Riad Salameh
French prosecutors issue arrest warrant for Lebanese governor
Salameh condemns move and calls for Lebanon to end co-operation with European investigations
Lebanese governor fails to attend French court hearing
Salameh’s lawyer calls summons “null and void” as politicians hold talks over possible successor
French magistrates will charge Lebanese governor, report says
Investigators questioned Salameh’s brother over embezzlement and money laundering claims