Banks
RBNZ launches funding for lending programme
Central bank avoids taking rates negative but says the policy remains an option
Weak banks could reverse effects of policy rate cuts – ECB paper
Countercyclical buffers play crucial role in preventing “reversal interest rate” events, researchers find
EBA wants Basel to revisit prudential rules on software
Banking regulator set to soften capital impact of IT assets, but proposals are still out of line with US
China mandates deposit insurance labels
PBoC goes further in implementing deposit insurance policies to mitigate risk
BoE will not use climate stress tests to set capital buffers – Bailey
Andrew Bailey reveals new details of tests, with launch set for summer of 2021
Currency Benchmarks 2020 report – the data behind the cash cycle
Perspectives on staffing, circulation, forecasting, fraud, substrate choice, outsourcing and climate risk
BoE expands asset purchases as UK locks down again
MPC publishes more pessimistic forecast of 11% growth contraction and high unemployment
Disintermediation caused by CBDC can be prevented – research
Central banks can use lender of last resort power and decrease CBDC remuneration
Lebanese central bank ‘has not handed over audit documents’
Media reports say embattled central bank has not provided basic data on transactions
Cambodia officially launches quasi-CBDC
Cambodia’s blockchain-powered payment system goes live
Central Banking FinTech & RegTech Global Awards 2020
In April 2020, Central Banking launched its third annual FinTech & RegTech Global Awards to showcase some of the groundbreaking projects being undertaken in the community
Egyptian central bank fires head of largest commercial lender
Governor holds emergency meeting with lender’s board but nature of problems is unclear
Paper offers method for evaluating machine learning models
Bank of Spain paper looks at cost and benefits of ML models for predicting credit defaults
Bundesbank paper looks at consequences of weak supervision
Supervisors seen as less likely to intervene give banks incentive to stay undercapitalised - researchers
The winners of the 2020 FinTech and RegTech Global Awards
Central banks and their partners have innovated across machine learning, cloud services, payments and more
Business failures will impact bank balance sheets – RBA’s Bullock
Central bank forecasts volume of business failures to rise with the removal of support
Jack Ma slams Basel regulations
Alibaba founder says Basel Accord limits innovation; regulators remain cautious on big tech
Global dollar liquidity ‘robust’ in face of Covid-19 – BIS data
Dollar credit to emerging markets passes $4 trillion mark as lending to non-banks rises
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
DNB paper looks at eurozone’s interest rates
Paper looks at effects of ECB monetary policy shocks on bank equity prices from 1999 to 2020
RBNZ warns of cyber risk from cloud
Draft guidelines would mandate firms to notify RBNZ over outsourcing critical functions to cloud
BIS tracks $1.1 trillion drop in cross-border claims
Lending surged and then fell back as banks reallocated funds during the Covid-19 crisis
Quarles: policy-makers have ‘work to do’ on non-bank fragilities
FSB chair outlines areas where non-banks may have amplified the Covid-19 shock
Banks and regulators call for global climate risk standards
Carney and Winters warn private sector cannot move much further without lawmakers