276 results about this entity
Period: 02 Nov 2005 - 01 Aug 2024
News
Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney has hinted that he could bring Canadian-style plastic cash with him.
18 February 2013
Senior Bank of England executive Andy Haldane has backed calls for the creation of a shared database for the storage of customer account details, arguing that the move would help boost competition in financial services.
31 October 2012
A senior Bank of England executive has called for a rethink of the Basel Capital Accord, suggesting instead that regulatory bodies rip up the rule-books and adopt a simpler judgement-based supervisory approach.
03 September 2012
As disaster recovery plans go, it's certainly novel: The Bank of England allegedly contemplated buying up to half-a-dozen bicycles so that its officials could navigate around a riot-gripped City in the event of a full-scale financial meltdown.
11 July 2012
The introduction of a common global language for financial counterparties and products could ultimately lower barriers to market entry and make some bank functions surplus to requirements, a senior Bank of England policy maker says.
15 March 2012
Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, says effective resolution regimes need to be put in place to help deal with the "mayhem" that would result if a central counterparty went bust.
25 October 2011
The European Central Bank has set an October deadline for its final offer to central security depositories (CSDs) on a framework agreement for the Target2Securities (T2S) system. However, the UK now seems certain to turn its back on the project.
22 July 2011
Financial messaging network Swift has outlined plans to build a business continuity service that will keep Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems operating in the event of a major outage.
18 July 2011
Securities markets should consider the introduction of speed limits on high frequency trading to prevent the risk of market abnormalities disrupting prices, a top Bank of England official says.
08 July 2011
The Bank of England is urging second-tier banks to take up direct membership of the Chaps high value payment system in an effort to bolster financial stability, warning that it may take action if its requests are spurned.
05 July 2011
The Bank of England has signed up the country's 10 largest ATM operators to a commitment to increase the number of good quality £5 notes they dispense through their machines.
21 March 2011
The UK government is supporting a new study into the impact of high frequency trading on market stability and the UK economy.
24 November 2010
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