Fintech
Danish central bank denies suffering breach in SolarWinds hack
Media reports claimed central bank had been exposed for seven months
Hong Kong to study ‘e-HKD’ at retail level
Hong Kong will begin study on retail CBDCs and work with PBoC on e-CNY in the next year
PBoC tightens ban on crypto transactions
PBoC warns largest banks to verify customers’ identities and stop aiding bitcoin-related transactions
China abandons cryptocurrencies under the PBoC (this time it’s for real)
New data centres set to be established to compensate provinces for lost crypto mining revenues
El Salvador’s bitcoin currency experiment
Move by first nation to approve bitcoin as legal tender raises important issues
RBA cancels market operations due to outage
Issue at third-party provider impacted central bank and several commercial banks
CBDC: the case for ‘wait and see’
Despite growing interest, some central banks are staying out of the digital currency game
BIS opens Nordic innovation hub
Stockholm office is fifth in hub programme and involves four of the region’s central banks
Central Banking FinTech & RegTech Global Awards 2021
In March 2021, Central Banking launched its fourth annual FinTech & RegTech Global Awards to showcase some of the groundbreaking projects undertaken in the community. The results are revealed in the awards articles published in this special winners’…
Central Banking FinTech & RegTech Global Awards 2021 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations, acceptance comments and future predictions from the winners of the 4th annual awards
BoE’s Bailey says CBDCs could be ‘fundamental’
Innovation hub run by BoE and BIS hub likely to concentrate on CBDCs and payments, official says
Basel Committee proposes strict treatment of crypto asset exposures
Crypto assets such as bitcoin will face risk weight of 1,250%
BIS and French and Swiss central banks announce joint CBDC project
Project Jura will link national CBDC initiatives in bid to facilitate cross-border payment
El Salvador to make bitcoin legal tender
President claims the move, a first for any country, will aid remittances and financial inclusion
BoE says stablecoins must be as trustworthy as commercial bank money
Stablecoins may require tailored regulation and access to emergency liquidity facilities, paper says
Thailand’s central bank picks G+D for retail CBDC project
BoT will use Filia platform for proof-of-concept
IMF warns Marshall Islands on digital projects
Local plans for digital currency and economic zone trigger concern at fund
RBNZ’s Orr admits ‘shortfalls’ on cyber security
But KPMG report also lays blame on vendor for delays in pushing out critical software update
Dominican Republic’s central bank plans financial innovation hub
New technology is “indispensable tool” for financial inclusion, governor says
Riksbank starts work on CBDC with external firms
E-krona pilot project to test technical solution with Handelsbanken and TietoEVRY