Joasia E. Popowicz
Associate editor, Central Banking
Joasia E. Popowicz is the associate editor and fintech correspondent at Central Banking. She chairs the FinTech & RegTech Global Awards, and is the fintech subject specialist for the Central Banking Benchmarking Service. Previously, Joasia worked as a data journalist across Risk Quantum and Central Banking. She was a data journalism fellow at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and Enigma, a fintech in New York. The Brown Institute is a joint initiative between Stanford University and Columbia University that funds projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Joasia graduated with an MS in investigative journalism from the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia Journalism School.
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Carstens sets out vision for future monetary system
Programmable money on shared ledger would preserve two-tiered structure
FSB outlines crypto and defi risks to financial stability
Future work will map “oracles”, “bridges” and other links with traditional finance
One in five fintechs in Ireland send inaccurate returns to regulator
One in four reported deficiencies in safeguarding customers’ funds
Inflation in Baltics set to remain highest in euro area
Charts highlight divergence between eurozone members
UAE grants licence to Russian bank
US voices concerns over sanctions evasion and threatens action against facilitators
Iran and Russia to link banking systems to bypass sanctions
Move follows Iran’s signing of free trade “memorandum” with Russia-led EAEU
DNB fines Coinbase for ‘severe’ non-compliance
Crypto exchange fined €3.3 million for operating without registration
EU approves ‘prohibitive’ capital rules for banks’ crypto holdings
Draft law implements final parts of Basel III, planned for January 2025
ECB estimates trillions of euros at risk from climate change
Central bank publishes sustainable finance, carbon emissions and physical risk indicators
CBDCs need ‘self-custody’ to achieve inclusion – MIT Media Lab
Self-custody is currently “impossible for state-issued currency in the digital realm”
Ban, contain, regulate: BIS weighs crypto policies
Central banks can do more to address inefficiencies in the monetary system, authors say
Regulators should treat crypto trading as gambling – Panetta
Self-destruction of crypto sector is not assured, says ECB official
Kazakhstan explores crypto co-existence in Binance CBDC trials
World’s largest crypto exchange working on crypto regulation in other central Asian states
Bahamas Securities Commission denies secret agreement with FTX
US liquidator claims millions of dollars were withdrawn with authorities’ agreement
Prosecutors call FTX ‘one of the biggest frauds’ in US history
Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas as US authorities file charges
Renminbi and the special drawing rights
What impact does the renminbi’s increased weight and the $650 billion increase in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) special drawing rights (SDR) have for the role of the Chinese currency in reserve management?
Ethiopian central bank orders branch reopening in conflict-affected areas
Banks must complete audits and collect non-performing loans
Adopting renminbi in reserve portfolios
Central Banking speaks to four reserve managers about investing in renminbi
Bahamas regulator clarifies mystery withdrawals after FTX collapse
Court documents reveal sprawling FTX subsidiaries worldwide