Financial inclusion
Indonesia’s central bank pledges major infrastructure changes
Five-year plan aims to upgrade payments infrastructure and boost inclusion rates
Facing up to the tech challenge
Central banks get a wake-up call from libra
Consumer data must be handled ‘properly’ – FCA official
Firms must ensure they are using data “ethically”, FCA’s Mills says, if open banking is going to be a success
‘Digital identities’ could protect customer data – Carstens
BIS chief praises “impressive gains” made by Singapore and India in regulating data
Central banks turn to Instagram to reach younger generations
The audiovisual social media network is helping some central banks offer financial education and other campaigns for millennials and Gen Zs
New Zealanders increasingly abandoning cash – RBNZ survey
RBNZ warns about the effects a cashless society may have on those already excluded from digital innovations
Rwanda central bank spearheading cashless movement
Central bank reports e-payments have increased to 34.6% of GDP, but says there is still work to be done
Vocalink wins further decade of UK ATM operations
Aim will be to ensure ongoing access to cash, says Gregor Dobbie
Bank of Israel creates centre to boost fintech
Central bank and finance ministry push for more innovation as first digital lender opens
BSP’s Diokno on forward guidance and cutting reserves
The Central Bank of the Philippines governor speaks to Christopher Jeffery and Alice Shen about fintech, efforts to wean Asia off the US dollar, and why he wants to cut policy and reserve requirement rates
Palestine’s Shawwa unveils microfinance initiative
Sector is a “central pillar” of Palestine’s financial and social stability, PMA governor says
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
Papua New Guinea upgrades payment system
More financial institutions to use new central switch in bid to improve efficiency and inclusion; international networks also to be added
The winners of the 2019 Fintech and Regtech Global Awards
Prizes awarded for outstanding work at the cutting edge of financial technology
Fintech and risk: what does the future hold?
Five key areas where regulators need to make judgements on fintech risks
RBNZ takes further steps to improve regulation and oversight
Regulators’ new “vision” incorporates climate change and social inclusion
IMF’s Adrian on the big tech threat and why a ‘non-system’ works
The IMF’s financial counsellor speaks about risks from big tech’s move into fintech, the fund’s efforts to craft well-targeted policy guidance and why the current international monetary ‘non-system’ works
Ghana sees route to ‘cash-lite’ economy through mobile money
Central bank deputy governor promises development to further encourage fintech
IMF supports Cabo Verde’s reforms with new programme
IMF supports monetary policy reform and says the central bank must improve supervision and comms
BoE’s education programme taking off in UK schools, Broadbent says
More than a third of UK secondary schools have signed up to BoE’s education programme
IMF: some central banks ‘on the verge’ of piloting CBDCs
IMF survey also highlights need for greater co-operation on fintech regulation
Mobile financial services bring firms into formal economy - BdF paper
New technologies cuts size of ‘informal’ economy in developing world, researchers find
Facebook unveils new ‘currency’
Social media group says it plans to “reinvent money” with payment system backed by liquid reserves
Fed banks collaborate on economic education
“We have a ‘power-in-numbers’ approach,” says officer at the San Francisco Fed