Regulation
CRR III hangs in the balance as member states push for changes
Top EU lawmaker rejects calls to water down capital rules, while others see room for manoeuvre
Flexibility and business continuity seen as key benefits of cloud services
But three in four fintech teams point at privacy as concern
Fed’s Barr tells regulators to ‘finish the job’ on Basel III
Not complying with global standards makes US banks less competitive, vice-chair for supervision says
Central banks more likely to use software-based cloud services
Cloud widely used for cyber security and other applications
ESRB views US financial deregulation ‘with concern’
Vice-chair Olli Rehn announces new communication drive as “memory of last financial crisis fades”
AI spreads further among fintech teams
Centralised fintech teams more likely to apply AI/ML to sentiment analysis
Half of planned CBDCs designed to be programmable
Two-thirds of wholesale CBDCs likely to be programmable
Most central banks without CBDC mandate engaged in retail projects
Only one in three banks has a legal mandate for CBDC issuance, but many are still working on digital currency
American central banks less likely to struggle with fintech recruitment
But American banks face toughest battle for talent retention
Cool heads must guide financial regulation of climate risk
Supervisors can’t simply rely on ‘magical thinking’ of market discipline, says Sergio Scandizzo
Fintechs more likely to be licensed in upper-middle income countries
Licence issue rate across central banks broadly unchanged year on year
Cyber, suptech and CBDCs are top areas for fintech research
Central banks with fintech strategy more likely to prioritise CBDCs
Cyber security and legacy systems still greatest technology challenges
But concerns differ by central banks’ CBDC mandate
Trump, the Fed and climate’s undeniable systemic risk
Experts disagree on the impact of the Fed’s withdrawal from the NGFS but are united about climate change’s devastating effect on the financial system
Key lessons from 15 years of macro-prudential policy
Pedro Duarte Neves reviews how macro-prudential tools can be used for maximum effect
Central banks lacking fintech unit less likely to have a strategy
Respondents’ strategic priorities include digitalisation, regulations, collaborations and others
Bank of England wants dynamic Emir for UK clearing houses
Review won’t just photocopy EU legislation, as BoE seeks to make rules simpler and adaptable
FSB: big banks could be sidelined from future rescue deals
Exacerbation of too-big-to-fail means G-Sibs could already be too large to take extra assets
Four in five central banks lack chief fintech officers
Centralised fintech teams more likely to have chief fintech officers
Banks’ leverage ratio ‘over-calibrated’, says Fed’s Bowman
Heavy capital requirements causing illiquidity in Treasury market, governor says
Trump reverses course on Fed decision
US president says central bank was right to hold rates in January
Bank of England mustering unit to model system-wide stresses
Permanent team at UK supervisor will work on buy- and sell-side interactions
Fed holds rates amid pressure from White House
Powell says he has had no contact with Trump since president said he would “demand” easing of policy
India reports hundredfold growth in digital payments since 2012
Central bank’s deputy governor says cross-border payments remain expensive and slow, however