Georgia
Central Banking Awards 2021: third round of winners revealed
Awards go to central banks and market practitioners for payments, market infrastructure and currency
Financial market infrastructure services: Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s responsive deployment of new liquidity capabilities helped emerging-market central banks cope with pandemic market disruption
Georgia central bank raises policy rate despite recession
Authorities hike rates, citing rising inflation, amid high unemployment and political turmoil
Central Banking Awards 2021: second group of winners announced
Lifetime achievement award unveiled, plus awards for transparency, advisory, global markets and more
Transparency: National Bank of Georgia
Georgia’s central bank has improved communications on monetary policy, financial stability and consumer protection
Georgian central bank starts operating new resolution framework
NBG says new resolution system will greatly increase Georgia’s financial stability
NBG paper develops early warning system for external risks
Georgia’s current account deficit and dollarisation create vulnerabilities, authors say
Georgia’s Gvenetadze on implementing an aggressive reform agenda
The National Bank of Georgia governor speaks about efforts to improve monetary policy, financial infrastructure, financial literacy, transparency and ESG
IMF praises Georgia’s non-bank overhaul, but says issues remain
“Issues and challenges” could still threaten the sector’s viability, fund staff warn
National Bank of Georgia upgrades FX infrastructure
Move follows other financial market infrastructure reforms in recent years
Podcast: Georgia’s data-driven response to Covid-19
Covid-19 has provided the NBG a chance to test out its new data capabilities
Reserve managers ‘unprepared’ for home trading
Covid-19 presented reserve managers with unprecedented business continuity challenges at a time of acute market and economic distress
Georgian central bank launches liquidity support for SMEs
New programme will supply liquidity to commercial banks in exchange for loan collateral
Central Banking Awards 2020: the winners
All the winners in the 2020 Central Banking Awards
Central Banking Awards 2020: final winners announced
Awards include lifetime achievement, transparency, communications and website
Collateral management services: National Bank of Georgia/Montran
The duo developed Georgia’s fully automated new collateral framework
Payment services: Swift
The organisation has responded strongly to threats from cyber crime and the decline of correspondent banking
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: The Belt and Road Initiative
Over the past five years, China has invested more than $70 billion in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, of which there are now in excess of 100. Leading Chinese and international policy-makers explain how BRI efforts are progressing. This section…
People: Georgian board approves new governor; T&T gets new board
Koba Gvenetadze clears penultimate hurdle to becoming National Bank of Georgia governor; six new directors join the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago; BIS names Alexandre Lamfalussy fellow
Clock ticking on Georgian governor appointment
Georgian central bank governor's term expires on February 26, but it is unclear who will hold the post moving forwards; vice governors could also change later in the year
Innovative print techniques are key for new Georgian banknotes
National Bank of Georgia launches two denominations from first new series for 20 years; dedicated website accompanies the launch
Georgia selects symbol for national currency
Central bank hopes new symbol, chosen by a commission guided by a public vote, will increase the popularity of the lari
Georgians vote on new currency symbol
National Bank of Georgia has shortlisted five designs in the race to represent the national currency, the lari