Bank of England

276 results about this entity

Period: 02 Nov 2005 - 01 Aug 2024

/regulation

BofE and BIS develop tech to monitor stablecoin reserves

The Bank of England and the BIS Innovation Hub have developed a system that gives supervisors near real time data about stablecoins' liabilities and their reserve assets.

/payments

Bank of England calls for input on payments innovation

The Bank of England is seeking input from the private sector on its roadmap for innovation in money and payments.

/payments

UK RTGS Chaps goes down

The Bank of England says a 'global payments issue' dealyed high value payments, including house purchases, processed through the national real-time gross settlement system Chaps.

/payments

Bank of England and BIS to test synchronised settlement in FX

The Eurosystem and London Centres of the BIS Innovation Hub, together with the Bank of England, have launched Project Meridian FX, to build on the findings of Project Meridian by focusing on foreign exchange (FX) transactions.

/crypto

Digital pound would not require new POS systems - BofE

Existing point-of-sale terminals in the UK could be used to initiate digital pound payments, according to research from the Bank of England.

/payments

King Charles banknotes enter circulation

Banknotes carrying a portrait of King Charles III will be issued for the first time on 5 June 2024.

/ai

AI should be trained to respect a regulatory 'constitution' says BofE policy maker

Innovative AI models should be trained to respect a ‘constitution’ or a set of regulatory rules that would reduce the risk of harmful behaviour, argues a senior Bank of England policy maker.

/regulation

BofE warns payment firms to be ready for new operational resilience rules

Payment firms have been warned by the Bank of England that they need to step up their preparations for new 'operational resilience' standards that will come in next year.

/markets

BoE forecasting held back by out-of-date tech - Bernanke

The Bank of England has been heavily criticised by a former chairman of the US Federal Reserve for relying on outdated technology for its economic forecasts.

/payments

BofE's Sarah Breeden: Modernising the trains and rails of UK payments

The money we use to support economic and financial activity, and the payment systems we use as we do so, are fundamental to the Bank of England’s role to maintain monetary and financial stability.

/regulation

BofE and FCA issue draft guidance on Digital Securities Sandbox

UK regulators are inviting feedback on draft guidance for firms looking to enter the country's new Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS).

/payments

Central banks explore tokenisation of cross-border payments

A collection of seven central banks are working with the Bank for International Settlements to explore tokenisation of cross-border payments.