Collateral
Banks should be operationally ready for liquidity support – BIS
Institution calls on authorities to improve lenders’ preparedness for central bank liquidity
ECB official open to offering liquidity aid to non-banks
Deputy director doesn’t rule out copying UK plan to extend repo facility to pension funds and life insurers
Interpreting the PBoC’s slew of policy reforms
How are new stimulus measures, bond market tactics, deflationary pressures and monetary policy framework changes affecting central banking in China?
Campos Neto on inflation targeting, independence and the future of financial intermediation
The Brazilian governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about tackling inflation, the need for financial autonomy, and redefining the financial landscape with open finance, programmable Pix, deposit tokenisation and sound cross-border payments governance
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
AI, quantum computing and tokenisation set to transform finance – Menon
But significant barriers remain preventing the technologies from unlocking their full potential
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
Ransomware payments can be necessary, say panellists
Paying off hackers may be only way to safeguard financial stability, despite risks
Lessons from the banking turmoil of 2023
Guardrails on capital, liquidity, deposit insurance, resolution, digitalisation and disintermediation need a rethink
Lkhagvasuren Byadran on geopolitics, gold and 100 years of central banking on the steppe
Bank of Mongolia governor Lkhagvasuren Byadran speaks about monetary and financial reform, embracing AI and fintech, and Mongolia’s new SWF
Getting Chiang Mai right
Asia’s emergency infrastructure is on the right track, but there is still room for improvement
Profit inflation and monetary policy: weighing the evidence
Biagio Bossone says profit inflation needs monetary ‘fuel’ to rise – but fiscal policy is the best fix, should governments have the ‘guts’
‘No frowning’ on banks for discount window borrowing – Fed official
More banks have completed paperwork to access Fed lending facility than a year ago
Campaigners call on BoE to make collateral rules greener
Report says bank’s use of fossil fuel assets as collateral is adding to climate risks
Central banks, FMIs and the ‘green’ agenda
Collective efforts are needed to transform the environmental footprint of payment networks, writes Biagio Bossone
CFTC sounds alarm on clearing capacity
US regulator warns porting cannot be guaranteed in the event of a large member default
Karnit Flug on the Bank of Israel’s emergency responses and challenges ahead
The former Israeli central bank governor and current vice-president of the Israel Democracy Institute speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the BoI’s targeted emergency responses, economic uncertainties and central banking independence
The ECCB’s Timothy Antoine on currency union, cooperation and DCash 2.0
The ECCB governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about maintaining a currency zone, addressing climate and cyber risks, the decline in correspondence banking and lessons learned from issuing a retail CBDC
Claudio Borio on financial cycles, operating frameworks and non-bank reform
The BIS veteran highlights a ‘unique constellation’ of challenges as central banks travel the ‘last mile’ in bringing down inflation – and says there are many more miles to go on non-bank reform
The predicament of bloated central bank balance sheets
Swollen balance sheets carry significant risks for combating inflation, ensuring financial stability and preserving central bank credibility, independence and effectiveness. How can central banks reduce them?
Buy side reflects on BoE’s gilt liquidity lifeline
Lending facility could prevent repeat of last year’s LDI crisis if properly designed, pension and insurance experts say