Supervision
Ethiopia’s liberalisation paves way for banking consolidation
Reforms will give central bank power to supervise foreign lenders as country lifts barriers to investment
Eurozone needs ‘exceptional mechanism’ to resolve banks – BdF
Bloc is ready to resolve most challenges but still needs liquidity mechanism for larger lenders
Nandalal Weerasinghe on Sri Lanka’s IMF programme, central bank reforms and road to recovery
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka governor speaks about his return from retirement to aid Sri Lanka’s structural reforms and recapitalisation, reinforce central bank independence and develop financial resilience
BoE stress test highlights liquidity risks in non-banks
“First-of-its-kind” scenario exercise reveals how repo financing could be insufficient during shocks
Basel Committee examines use of CCyBs across jurisdictions
Report highlights how more jurisdictions are implementing positive neutral buffer rates
FSB praises Brazil’s efforts to supervise investment funds
Review points to progress in limiting leverage but says regulatory body needs more staff
Bank of Lithuania steps up AML/CFT measures for crypto
Bank to co-operate with financial crime investigators to oversee ballooning digital assets sector
Upping LCR will not address systemic risks – Hernández de Cos
Panellists shed light on liquidity risks in banks, non-banks and US Treasuries
Sustainable development: central banks taking the lead
For those still sceptical about the financial sector’s commitment to progress on sustainable development goals and to taking all possible steps to tackle climate change, 2024 has shown that central banks, financial sector regulators and supervisors are…
No ‘compelling case’ for changing liquidity rules – BIS’s Restoy
There are other ways to promote stability, says chair of Financial Stability Institute
Barr defends easing of Basel III endgame proposal
Fed’s top regulator says he will stay and finish the package, is comfortable with capital impact
Basel Committee to build ‘day-to-day’ supervision toolkit
“Suite of practical tools” will draw on lessons learned from 2023’s banking turmoil
Securing sound deposit protection in East Africa
There is a need to revisit legal frameworks to adopt risk-adjusted premium regimes and establish more comprehensive deposit insurance systems in the East African Community, write Gilbert Nyatanyi and Gloria Tengera
Central banks to maintain independence despite threats – panel
Top central bankers discuss Trump, AI and why they plan to ignore IMF on rate cuts
Supervise crypto first, say BdF and French markets authority
French supervisors call for Europe-wide regulation of digital asset class
Survey results: global trends in regtech and suptech for central banks
As regulatory reporting challenges continue to mount, central banks are increasingly adapting their internal systems to provide stronger supervision capabilities – specifically by adopting regtech and suptech solutions.
Book notes: The bankers’ new clothes, second edition, by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig
A disjointed book where ‘I told you so’ new chapters add little to the excellent original analysis
Indian central bank postpones IM go-live date
RBI communicated delay to initial margin rules one day before planned November 8 implementation
The frontiers of AI in central bank communications
Comms experts assess technology's value in video production, message generation and more
DNB tells banks to test ‘extreme but plausible’ political scenarios
Geopolitical risks become focal point of Dutch supervision strategy
Suptech adoption: strategy and capacity building drives supervisory transformation
Two BR-AG representatives review the global use of suptech among central banks for enhanced digital supervision