Timothy Antoine
ECCB reports record profit of EC$80.2 million
Central bank attained highest-ever profit in last fiscal year, after loss of EC$54 million
The Central Banking Awards 2022 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from the winners of the ninth annual Central Banking Awards
Central Banking Awards 2022: first winners unveiled
Governor of the year, Risk manager, two Green initiative awards and more announced today
Green initiative – operational: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
The ECCB installed its own solar farm in effort to become carbon-neutral
DCash: motivations, challenges, and lessons from the first monetary union CBDC pilot
Having worked on its Digital Currency Management System since 2016, Bitt has launched the first synthetic CBDC in Barbados, followed by another first in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union in March this year, with more ahead
The winners of the 2021 FinTech RegTech Global Awards
Fourth annual tech awards recognise excellence among central banks and the firms they work with
ECCB launches live CBDC pilot
Blockchain-issued DCash is the world’s first CBDC within a currency union
ECCB persuades states to relax fiscal stance
IMF supports move to deal with pandemic’s effects, warning against “drastic fiscal consolidation”
People: BoE governor appoints first female private secretary
St Louis Fed appoints new COO; new appointments at Kazakhstan’s sovereign fund and central bank; and more
ECCB launches new polymer banknotes
Redesigned notes are the first ever vertical notes from the ECCB
ECCB announces digital currency pilot
Governor Antoine says the pilot is not “an academic exercise”, as the central bank plans to roll out the new instrument to the public within 18 months
ECCB strategic plan aims for ‘transformation’
Eastern Caribbean must address high unemployment and low growth, governor says
People: RBNZ continues reshuffle; Fed appoints payments leader
Mills to fill Bascand’s shoes at RBNZ as assistant governor moves to financial stability; St Louis Fed vice-president to initiate faster payments project for the US central bank; and more