Book contributions by Joasia E. Popowicz
Articles by Joasia E. Popowicz
The winners of the 2024 FinTech & RegTech Global Awards
Seventh annual tech awards recognise excellence among central banks and the private sector
US debt sustainability and central bank balance sheet dynamics
Higher interest rates are putting pressure on central bank profits and may increase supply of government debt, especially during quantitative tightening. Will central banks be required to issue bonds?
Geoeconomic reserve management
The world order is evolving. Whether, and how, the international economy remains integrated or shifts into spheres of influence has consequences for central bank policy and reserve management.
Foreign policy impact on future FX reserves composition
Restrictive covenants in global financial safety net system drive fragmentation, while CBDCs and digital petroyuan may alter FX reserve investments
HKMA partners with Thailand and Brazil on cross-border tokens
Interoperability work using tokenisation will focus on settlement in trade finance and carbon credits
Australian indigenous nation advances with digital currency
Birri Gubba dollar to be pegged to AUD and backed by assets including carbon credits
Bank of Italy makes its new DLT protocol open source
Research says novel cryptographic signature could validate payments and digital asset transfers
Bank of England cuts rates for first time since 2020
MPC votes for 25bp reduction in split decision after Fed opts to hold
Malaysia is latest country to seek Brics membership
However, uncertainty remains over whether Saudi Arabia will join emerging economies bloc
Kazakhstan’s CBDC pilot enters second phase
Central bank to examine how digital tenge could be used to reduce corruption in public spending
Norges Bank’s market operations fixed after global outage
Liquidity operations resumed on Friday following hourly calls with third-party service provider
Iran and Russia connect payments systems, governor says
Move comes after central Asian banks and payments systems have cut ties to Mir
EU central banks don’t want to ‘over-regulate’ AI
Lack of international co-operation may spur regulatory arbitrage, panellists warn
BIS predicts AI will be inflationary in long term
Expects accelerated inflation dynamics as firms adjust prices in response to shocks
European Commission opens consultation on AI in finance
As AI use in financial services increases, regulators must balance innovation with risk
Ethiopia approves CBDC law as it pursues bitcoin mining policies
Monetary policy and financial stability committees established as part of economic reforms
BIS finds a third of jurisdictions not developing crypto regulations
Annual CBDC and crypto survey finds decline in expected retail CBDC launches by 2030
CBDC will not reduce seigniorage, panellists say
Communicating need for CBDC is hard, officials tell Central Banking Summer Meetings
Ransomware payments can be necessary, say panellists
Paying off hackers may be only way to safeguard financial stability, despite risks
Reserve Bank of India plans to take payments system to 20 countries
Peruvian central bank signs agreement to use India’s Unified Payment Interface
Clash between Yemen’s central banks escalates
Rival central banks issue retaliatory bans on transacting with financial institutions
Saudi Central Bank joins mBridge
Cross-border CBDC project with China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE opens up further to private sector
Cecilia Skingsley on monetary policy tech and a unified ledger
Head of the BIS Innovation Hub speaks about tokenisation, CBDCs and the ‘black box problem’ in AI