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Photo by Victor Lozano on Unsplash  Author: Emily Cashen March 29, 2021 One year on from the onset of the pandemic, and while the world certainly isn’t out of the COVID-19 woods just yet, we now have some cause for cautious optimism. Across the globe, vaccination drives are picking up steam – although it must … Read more
Covid-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented negative shock and to that extent required an extraordinary response from monetary and fiscal authorities around the globe. In the face of this shock, central banks have gone beyond the traditional frameworks, by adopting an expansionary monetary policy to expand the central bank’s balance sheet. This material describes the dilemmas … Read more
Mehdi Manaa, CEO of Buna, a multi-currency payment platform for the Arab region, on revolutionising the way financial institutions send and receive cross-border payments. Source link
The Banker Portfolio encompasses: An essential and trusted resource providing economical and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector; premium editorial excellence striving to stimulate and inform Detailed regulatory and policy insight for the banking and securities market, analysing the major rules from the formulation stage and explaining their aims and likely impact on a … Read more
Author: Stan Cole, Head of Financial Institutions, Inpay March 30, 2021 The success of open banking has been widely documented, with more than two million people and small businesses currently using it in the UK. These services give third-party financial service providers open access to financial data from banks and other financial institutions through Application … Read more
Today, we have decided to keep the key rate at 4.25% per annum. The economy is bouncing back rather steadily. I would like to remind you that at our previous meeting we expected economic revival to pause at the end of 2020. However, GDP statistics and high-frequency indicators evidence that this did not happen. Moreover, inflation also exceeds our expectations. I will further on dwell on the factors, which we were taking into account when making our decision today. I will start out with the situation in the economy. It has turned out to be better than … Read more
The Banker Portfolio encompasses: An essential and trusted resource providing economical and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector; premium editorial excellence striving to stimulate and inform Detailed regulatory and policy insight for the banking and securities market, analysing the major rules from the formulation stage and explaining their aims and likely impact on a … Read more
Anne Boden, founder of Starling Bank  Author: Emily Cashen April 14, 2021 Bringing together the traditionally male-dominated fields of finance and technology, it’s no secret that fintech still has some way to go when it comes to gender equality. In the UK, just one percent of all venture capital funding goes to female-founded fintech firms, … Read more
In my opening statement, I would like to address the relationship between monetary and fiscal policy, as their successful interaction is critical for dealing with shocks, such as the economic fallout of the pandemic crisis, and what will come in its aftermath. First, the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy has made a comeback in … Read more
The Banker Portfolio encompasses: An essential and trusted resource providing economical and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector; premium editorial excellence striving to stimulate and inform Detailed regulatory and policy insight for the banking and securities market, analysing the major rules from the formulation stage and explaining their aims and likely impact on a … Read more