Global Business Network
Good morning and good evening. It’s a pleasure to join you at this book launch, and to congratulate the publishers and of course the author, my good friend Girol Karacaoglu. I’m particularly pleased to have been asked to say a few words on the background and context for the wellbeing work programme; it’s been a … Read more
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All the benefits of Digital + Print plus subscriptions to: The Banker Database is a service of the Financial Times, providing comprehensive financial data and insight for 5000 of the world’s leading banks, in more than 160 countries.Visit The Banker Database + A specialist service from the Financial Times, Global Risk Regulator provides insightful reporting … Read more
  Author: Alex Katsomitros March 5, 2021 Last April, amid the COVID-induced panic that engulfed the planet, more shocking news came from China. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it would start testing its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), a first for a major economy. Government employees in four cities were paid … Read more
I. Recent Economic and Price Developments A. Economic Developments I will begin my speech by talking about overseas economies. The growth rates for the April-June quarter of 2020 were substantially negative in many countries due to measures such as lockdowns implemented in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). However, those for the … Read more
Almost half of 300 global banking executives who responded to a recent survey plan to transform business models into digital ecosystems. Source link
It is often said that if the EU gave UK banks equivalence, life would be much easier for UK plc and its banking community. But that is not really true. There are more than 40 areas of potential equivalence. But they are very narrow, and sector and activity specific. So narrow and specific, in fact, … Read more
Barclays CEO Jes Staley  Author: Laura French March 3, 2021 In the early 1970s, NASA engineer Jack Nilles proposed telecommuting as an alternative to centralised office working. His vision was to reduce traffic, air pollution and energy consumption in city centres by establishing satellite offices, spreading the workforce more evenly across the country and heralding … Read more
Introduction Today I will discuss some recent developments in the foreign exchange market, and provide some views on the role of the Reserve Bank’s various policy measures. I will also briefly discuss a modest change to the way the Bank will be using foreign exchange swaps to manage our foreign exchange needs. A novel development … Read more
Simon Morris of ConsenSys on its efforts to spread the word about Ethereum blockchain technology to private and public banks. Source link