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Independence white paper outlines possible Scottish central bank
Proposals map out “the process of establishing a Scottish pound”
Hsu says US needs proper regulation of bank-fintech alliances
Policy-makers focus too much on crypto, says comptroller
Atlanta Fed chief admits to trading rules violations
Bostic claims he misinterpreted rules on funds managed by third parties
Central African ministers intervene in central bank recruitment
BEAC’s political supervisors demand external audit after charges of nepotism
Currency round-up
New notes for Paraguay, printing error for Thailand, and news from Peru, Costa Rica and Tonga
Asset sovereignty: a problem to stump Solomon
When states have rival governments, who owns central bank assets?
Ukraine: the challenges for central banks
Rules on the weaponisation of money would help to protect a ‘public good’ amid geopolitical splits in a testing environment for central banks, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
Bank of Uganda denies government broke law on loan repayment
Opposition says government borrowed more than $2 billion, but central bank rejects claim
Controversial nominee joins Paraguayan board
Central bank continues tightening process with fourteenth straight hike as inflation slows
IDB president faces dismissal over alleged abuse of power
Claver-Carone attacks investigation and denies alleged affair
Is there a case for a retail CBDC in Japan?
A BoJ-managed, account-ledger ‘digital yen’ tied to the new Kotora payments may offer some potential
NY court orders world’s largest stablecoin issuer to prove reserves
Defendants accused of crypto market price manipulation
US may release frozen Afghan central bank funds – report
Plan would transfer up to $3.5 billion to the BIS under third-party supervision, source claims
Bank of Canada critic becomes leader of the opposition
Pierre Poilievre said in May he would fire governor for failing to contain inflation
Myanmar may go on money laundering blacklist, report says
Opposition calls on New York Fed to unfreeze Myanmar assets to back proposed digital currency
People: July to September 2022
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Fiji will eliminate cheques from 2024
Governor says improved RTGS will replace paper payments
Bolivian ex-governor calls opposition audit request ‘nonsense’
Most central bank gold reserves are held outside country, Morales says
Bolivian legislators ask to inspect gold reserves
Opposition politicians claim government wants to monetise and spend gold
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Chile rejects new constitution, sinking central bank reform
Draft had proposed some changes to central bank governance and mandate
Ethiopia tells crypto firms to register with cyber security agency
National Bank of Ethiopia had said transactions using crypto are illegal
US judge rules against seizure of Afghan central bank assets
Assets cannot be seized while US government does not recognise Taliban regime, judge says
Chinese authorities arrest 234 suspects linked to Henan banking scandal
Authorities also start repaying more depositors after months-long freeze