Parent structures of banks with foreign capital slam decision by Ukraine’s central bank to form bank reserves in … (KYIV Post)

Kyiv, May 25 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The parent structures of banks with foreign capital are strongly against an order by the National Bank of Ukraine that bank reserves only be formed in the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia. Read more….

Asia Central Banks May Curb Currency Gains, HSBC Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)

May 22 (Bloomberg) — Asian central banks will temper gains in their currencies and boost foreign-exchange reserves until more convincing signs of a global recovery emerge, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. Read more….

Asia Central Banks Intervened to Curb Currency Gains, HSBC Says (Bloomberg)

May 22 (Bloomberg) — More Asian central banks bought dollars in April to limit gains in their currencies, with the exception of Singapore and Malaysia, HSBC Holdings Plc said. Read more….

Nomura Says Sell the Dollar as Central Banks Reduce Holdings (Bloomberg)

May 21 (Bloomberg) — The dollar may decline against the euro, undermined by central banks trimming their holdings of the U.S. currency and the Federal Reserve printing money to buy assets, according to Nomura International Plc. Read more….

Russia Central Bank Optimistic on Banks’ Recovery, Interfax Says (Bloomberg)

May 20 (Bloomberg) — Russia’s central bank said it has grounds for “conservative optimism” that the country’s banking sector will recover after the ruble strengthened and the economy showed signs of revival, Interfax reported. Read more….

BIS report: Issues in the Governance of Central Banks (Thaipr.net)

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released Issues in the Governance of Central Banks, a report that was prepared by the Central Bank Governance Group under the guidance of its then Chai Read more….

Central banks may need more power for financial stability (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Central banks might need more power to oversee banks if they are to play a larger role in maintaining financial stability in the post-crisis world, a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) report said on Sunday. Read more….

Central Banks May Need More Oversight Authority, BIS Says (Bloomberg)

May 17 (Bloomberg) — Central banks may need more supervisory authority over financial companies that pose a danger to the financial system, the Bank for International Settlements said. Read more….

Austria Central Bker Wants Standardized Europe Monitoring-Report (Nasdaq)

VIENNA (AFP)–Austrian central bank governor Ewald Nowotny is calling for a European financial monitoring system similar to the European Central Bank, in the wake of the financial crisis, according to an interview to be published Monday. Read more….

Libor May Decline as Governments, Central Banks Unlock Credit (Bloomberg)

May 14 (Bloomberg) — The London interbank offered rate, or Libor , for three-month loans in dollars may stay below 0.90 percent for a second day as government and central bank efforts to unlock credit markets bear fruit. Read more….

New Zealand Remains in Grip of Crisis: Central Bank

New Zealand remains in the grip of the global financial crisis despite the pick-up in world share markets in recent months, the central bank said Wednesday. “In our view there is still quite a long way to go before we see any sustained recovery in the markets,” Reserve Bank of New Zealand deputy governor Grant [...]

Saudi Arabia Urged to Pump More Funds into Banks

Saudi Arabia needs to inject more funds into its banking system as part of overall plans to ensure sufficient liquidity and avert a lending problem in the next two years, the Gulf Kingdom’s largest bank said yesterday. The National Commercial Bank (NCB) said such plans should also involve payment of public debt to banks, higher [...]

Pakistan Central Bank to Buy T-bills in Reverse Repo

Pakistan’s central bank said on Monday it will buy Treasury bills and government bonds from banks in 5-day reverse repo contracts to inject liquidity into the market. The State Bank of Pakistan did not say how much money it would inject in the open market operation. Read more about Pakistan’s central bank…

Central banks reserves at all-time high (Yehey!)

THE central banks hoard of gold, dollars and other foreign currencies reached an all-time high of $39.47 billion in April, 8.6 percent higher than in the … Read more….

Foreign central banks buyers of US debt in wk -Fed (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) – Foreign central banks’ debt holdings at the Federal Reserve rose in the latest week, data from the U.S. central bank showed on Thursday. Read more….

Singapore, Qatar sign MoU between central banks (People’s Daily)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Qatar Central Bank (QCB) Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on finance supervision cooperation. The MAS said in a statement that the MoU paves the way for sharing of information between the two central banks to strengthen the supervision of cross-border operations of financial institutions under their [...]

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