Bank Negara Malaysia, Bank of Thailand and the World Bank have joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-led BLOOM ...

European Stability Mechanism (ESM) headquarters in Luxembourg: the intergovernmental institution was set up in 2012 to safeguard financial stability in the euro area | Credit: Peter Lindmark (via ESM) ...

Cyber resilience: a UK National Audit Office (NAO) report last year found that the cyber threat to government was ‘severe and advancing quickly’, with skills gaps the biggest risk to building cyber ...

The digital euro has moved a step closer to reality, with the European Parliament (EP)’s economic and monetary affairs committee having given a green light to the eurozone central bank digital ...

Sydney, Australia: the government describes the potential benefits of digital assets as ‘far reaching’ I Credit: Kate Branch (Pexels) Australia’s government has published a summary of its priorities ...

‘The future of the finance ministry unpacked’ webinar: (clockwise from L-R) Dorothée Rouzet (France), John McCarthy (Ireland), Ian Hall (Global Government Finance editor – moderator), Valentina Ion ...

Elsa Pilichowski: the OECD’s director for public governance presented the ‘Restoring Public Finances: Enabling Effective Government’ report in Paris I Credit: Global Government Finance screenshots of ...

HMT in the City: economic secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby at IFGS 2026 with Chris Woodard CBE (top left); on stage for a fireside chat; and (bottom right) meeting fintech company bosses I Credit: ...

The European Union (EU)’s landmark regulation for the increasingly high profile crypto-assets sector comes into full force today (30 December). The 27-member bloc’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) ...

Nigel Farage MP: interviewed at the ‘Digital Asset Summit 2025’ in London as his Reform UK party rides high in the opinion polls | Credit: Global Government Fintech screenshots of session video ...

HM Treasury (HMT) and UK financial authorities have this week presented what they describe as a ‘clear and coordinated’ regulatory roadmap for payments over the next three years. The ‘Payments Forward ...

Two ‘key points to watch’ in the evolution of China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) have been highlighted in a report likely to make interesting reading for those outside the country eyeing the ...