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Balz: Cash and digital payments need strong foundations
Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, emphasized the need for central banks to actively shape the evolving cash and digital payment landscape.
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BIS study links Battle of Trafalgar to 1805 liquidity crisis
A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper reveals how the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar triggered a severe global liquidity crisis.
McMunn: Capital, competition, complexity shape regulatory debate
Mary-Elizabeth McMunn, Deputy Governor for Financial Regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland, outlined regulatory perspectives on capital, competition, and complexity.
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Ghaffour: Integrated social finance for poverty alleviation
Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, emphasized the need for an integrated approach to Islamic social finance to achieve lasting poverty alleviation.
Sejko: Empowering internal audit for stability, governance
Mr Gent Sejko, Governor of the Bank of Albania, emphasized the strategic importance of internal audit for financial stability and good governance.
Greek insurance market faces climate, digital, regulatory tests
Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras outlined key challenges for the Greek insurance market, including climate change, digital transformation, and new regulatory frameworks.
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Gupta: India's states drive national economic prosperity
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta highlighted India's accelerating economic growth and macroeconomic stability.
Banking regulation fuels sovereign debt gambling
A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia argues that banking regulation, by designating domestic government debt as safe despite its risk, induces banks to gamble with depositors' funds.
Policy rate hikes raise loan loss rates by 0.1 percentage points
A new Bank for International Settlements working paper finds that a 1 percentage point increase in policy rates raises loan loss rates by 0.1 percentage points.
Mnisi: Eswatini committed to financial integrity
Phil Mnisi, Governor of the Central Bank of Eswatini, addressed ambassadors on the nation's commitment to financial integrity.
Norges Bank raises policy rate to 4.25 percent
Norges Bank has raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 percent.
BIS Board elects Panetta Chair, names key group leaders
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Board of Directors has elected Fabio Panetta, Governor of the Bank of Italy, as its new Chair.