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There is growing pressure to ease post-Global Financial Crisis regulatory and supervisory frameworks and to simplify financial supervision. This TC Note makes proposals for supervisory effectiveness and—where consistent with more effective supervision—the simplification of supervisory methodologies and processes. Drawing on lessons from recent bank failures, it identifies three ways to make supervision more effective in identifying and mitigating unacceptable risks: Fully implementing risk-based supervision Enhancing cross cooperation and collaboration among supervisory authorities and other…
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E183 · 9 Jul 2026 · 15 min
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E182 · 25 May 2026 · 31 min
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E181 · 29 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Ep. 181: Executive Panel Session: Cyber and Operational Risk in the Quantum Era
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E180 · 21 Apr 2026 · 45 min
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E178 · 27 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
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E177 · 20 Mar 2026 · 40 min
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E176 · 20 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
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E175 · 6 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Ep. 175: Virtual Executive Panel: Innovation at the Frontier - How Emerging Technologies Are Reshaping Central Banking and Supervision
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E174 · 23 Feb 2026 · 20 min
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