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Governor Fabio Panetta speaks at the 2024 Rimini Meeting 20 August 2024

New focus section on 'Banca d'Italia for cybersecurity' is online 25 July 2024


Meetings of G7/G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 23 July 2024


Communication by the Bank of Italy - Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCAR) 22 July 2024


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  1. 28 August 2024 Conference on Banking, Insurance and Financial Stability The Bank of Italy and the Italian Institute for insurance supervision (IVASS) invite submissions for the conference on "Banking, insurance and financial stability". The event will take place in Rome on December 6, 2024. The aim of the conference is to...
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  2. 8 August 2024 International Technical Cooperation Newsletter, No. 22 The twenty-second issue of the International Technical Cooperation Newsletter is now available. It is a twice-yearly publication, informing on international technical cooperation at the Bank of Italy.
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  3. 8 August 2024 Italian Housing Market Survey. Short-term Outlook - 2024 Q2 The Italian Housing Market Survey has been released for the second quarter of 2024. The survey looks at current trends and short-term expectations for the residential real estate market and is conducted by the Bank of Italy together with Tecnoborsa and...
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  4. 2 August 2024 €-coin remains stable in July In July, €-coin remained unchanged from the previous month, at 0.16. Its performance was driven by employment growth, while it continued to be held back by persistent weakness in the manufacturing sector.
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  5. 1 August 2024 3rd Conference 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in the global economy' The Bank of Italy, the European Central Bank, the World Bank Development Economics Vice-Presidency (Research Group and Institute for Economic Development) are organizing the third edition of the conference 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in...
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  6. 30 July 2024 Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus with confidential quorum certificate for a Central Bank DLT The Bank of Italy today publishes 'Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus with confidential quorum certificate for a Central Bank DLT', the new issue of the series 'Markets, infrastructures, payment systems'. Some essential characteristics of Distributed...
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Indicators

Inflation

July 2024 - July 2023

Italy
+1.6%
Euro area
+2.6%

GDP growth

Second quarter 2024 - first quarter 2024

Italy
+0.2%
Euro area
+0.3%

Exchange rates

date: 30 August 2024

USD
1.1087

ECB interest rates

From 12 June 2024

Deposit facility
3.75%
Main refinancing operations
4.25%
Marginal lending facility
4.50%

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FinTech Milano Hub: Third Call for Proposals 2024

Focus

Regulatory sandbox

The regulatory sandbox is a controlled environment where supervised entities and FinTech operators will be able to test, for a limited period of time, technologically innovative products and services in the banking, financial and insurance sectors.

MUDEM - Money Museum

MUDEM is the website for the upcoming Money Museum, a Bank of Italy online space where you can find out about the world of money and finance.

Banking and financial supervision

As national supervisor, the Bank of Italy also provides services directly to the public: it handles complaints, runs the technical secretariats for the Banking and Financial Ombudsman and publishes information on individuals or companies not authorized to carry out banking or financial activities in Italy and other more general notices and communications.

Licensing

The Bank of Italy, through the activity of granting an authorisation for the exercise of financial activities, carries out supervisory tasks: by allowing access to the market for intermediaries in possession of the requisites envisaged by the law, it pursues the objectives of safeguarding sound and prudent management of intermediaries, overall stability, efficiency and competitiveness of the financial system.

The Bank of Italy's online services

'Online Services for the Public' is the platform that makes it possible to access certain Bank of Italy services via your smartphone, tablet or personal computer. Use this link or go to the section 'Services for the Public' and click on 'Online Services'. You can then select the service you are interested in.

Fintech Channel

The FinTech Channel is the point of contact through which operators can dialogue easily and informally with the Bank of Italy. They can present projects in the field of financial services and of payments, based on innovative technology, or propose technological solutions designed for banks and financial intermediaries.

Branches

The Bank's geographical organization consists of Branches located in the regional capitals and in some provincial capitals. The Branches' activities relate to the State treasury service, banking and financial supervision, banknote circulation, payment system and economic analysis and statistical surveys at the local level.

International Technical cooperation

The Bank of Italy shares its knowledge and experience with the central banks and financial authorities of the emerging countries, supplying staff training activities and technical consultancy.

Bank of Italy's Art Collection

By making its art collection available on its website the Bank of Italy offers the general public the opportunity to view and admire the most important works in its possession. The precious and varied collection has been built up over time through numerous purchases and today it covers a vast time span and many geographical areas.

'Economics for everyone', the Bank of Italy's Financial Education Portal, is online

Economics for everyone is the Bank of Italy's Financial Education portal. It is much easier to learn how to manage money and make financial choices.

Agenda

  1. 4 September Statistics Ita-coin Rome
  2. 4 September Press releases €-coin Rome
  3. 5-6 September Appointments XXII Banca d'Italia Public Finance Workshop Rome
  4. 6 September Statistics Bank of Italy balance-sheet aggregates Rome
  5. 6 September Statistics Bank of Italy official reserves Rome
  6. 9-10 September Conferences 1st "Economics of the Public Sector and Institutions" conference Centro Congressi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Via Nazionale 191, Rome
  7. 10 September Publications Banks and Money: national data Rome
  8. 10 September Publications The Italian economy in brief Rome
  9. 11 September Statistics Italy - International tourism Rome

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