Ian Hall

2 weeks ago | globalgovernmentfintech.com | Ian Hall

The head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub, Cecilia Skingsley, is to leave the Switzerland-headquartered organisation for a new job in her native Sweden. Skingsley moved to the BIS for what was envisaged as a five-year term in September 2022 from Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank), where she was first deputy governor.

2 weeks ago | globalgovernmentfintech.com | Ian Hall

Global Government Fintech is exploring the UK public sector’s appetite and capacity for innovation in government payments through a series of activities. Ian Hall oversaw a discussion featuring public- and private-sector representatives focused on five themesGovernment payments affect everyone: from paying taxes and parking fines to receiving social security and the state pension.

3 weeks ago | globalgovernmentfintech.com | Ian Hall

The Bank of England has kicked off the work of an ‘Artificial Intelligence Consortium’ as a new public-private sector platform to discuss the capabilities, development, deployment and use of AI in UK financial services.

1 month ago | globalgovernmentfintech.com | Ian Hall

Ireland’s minister of state with responsibility for fintech, Robert Troy, is to deliver the keynote address at the Global Government Fintech Lab 2025 in Dublin on 11 June.

2 months ago | globalgovernmentfintech.com | Ian Hall

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) has announced its intention to issue a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) – a digital dirham – during the final quarter of 2025. The digital dirham’s launch is among the main initiatives of the ‘Financial Infrastructure Transformation (FIT) Programme’, a multi-pronged fintech-related action plan launched by the CBUAE instigated just over two years ago to ‘accelerate the digital transformation’ of financial services (February 2023).