François Villeroy de Galhau

Governor

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Speech 2 Nov 2021

Bank of France - how the commitment to fintechs is being implemented

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France and Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Fintech

Speech 21 Sep 2021

The Banking Union ─ time to move forward again

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Eurofi Financial Forum, Ljubljana, 10…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Green finance

Speech 16 Sep 2021

Speech - International Conference on Statistics for Sustainable Finance

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the International Conference on Statistics for…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Green finance

Speech 5 Jul 2021

Roads for the future - central bank digital currency (CBDC) and innovative payments

Closing address by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, 2021 Paris Europlace - Studio Gabriel, Paris…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Fintech

Speech 2 Jun 2021

Never too much and never too many - how to transform global discussion into global action against climate change

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Green Swan 2021 Global Virtual Conference, 2…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Green finance

Speech 31 May 2021

Press Conference

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Presentation of the 2020 Annual Report of the…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Speech 26 May 2021

Inflation and monetary policy in a post-Covid-19 world

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Nordic Summit 2021, 25 May 2021.

François Villeroy de Galhau

Coronavirus

Speech 19 Apr 2021

What fiscal policies beyond monetary policy support?

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Eurofi High Level Seminar, Lisbon, 16 April…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Speech 14 Apr 2021

How to revisit central banking and financial stability?

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Coronavirus

All videos (16)

00:24:13

2026 Per Jacobsson Lecture: Panel discussion

Video 28 Jun 2026

2026 Per Jacobsson Lecture: Panel discussion

Panel discussion on the lecture delivered by Gita Gopinath (Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics, Harvard University)…

François Villeroy de Galhau

Gita Gopinath

Hyun Song Shin

Michele Bullock

and

Pablo Hernández de Cos

1:11:04

Closing - Climate risks, adaptation and mitigation: what do central banks make of their economic effects?

Video 9 Nov 2024

Closing - Climate risks, adaptation and mitigation: what do central banks make of their economic effects?

Green Swan Conference 2024, Closing event

Kazuo Ueda

Andréa M Maechler

François Villeroy de Galhau

Jose Luis Escrivá

and

Christine Lagarde

00:56:01

Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture - Panel discussion 2024

Video 30 Jun 2024

Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture - Panel discussion 2024

Panel discussion moderated by Raghuram Rajan, Chairman of the Per Jacobsson Foundation.

John C Williams

Andréa M Maechler

François Villeroy de Galhau

and

Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto

00:15:31

Keynote speech: Adopting new technological innovations now or waiting for them to mature further - the current dilemma for central banks’ boards

Video 6 May 2024

Keynote speech: Adopting new technological innovations now or waiting for them to mature further - the current dilemma for central banks’ boards

BIS Innovation Summit 2024

François Villeroy de Galhau

01:24:32

Looking back, looking forward: the view from the top

Video 24 Apr 2024

Looking back, looking forward: the view from the top

This panel invites previous Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision and Committee Chairs to discuss their memories and…

Jean-Claude Trichet

Stefan Ingves

Andréa M Maechler

and

François Villeroy de Galhau

01:20:31

Closing event: Climate, tech and transition in the real economy: what should central banks know - and do - about them?

Video 1 Jun 2023

Closing event: Climate, tech and transition in the real economy: what should central banks know - and do - about them?

Green Swan Conference 2023: Closing event

Agustín Carstens

Stephany Griffith-Jones

Lesetja Kganyago

and

François Villeroy de Galhau

00:47:32

CBDCs: Keeping momentum in uncertain times

Video 21 Mar 2023

CBDCs: Keeping momentum in uncertain times

In this high-level panel recorded on 12 March 2023, Governors discuss the road ahead on CBDCs and share their lessons learnt on…

Hyun Song Shin

Ravi Menon

François Villeroy de Galhau

Christine Lagarde

and

Chang Yong Rhee

00:31:25

Keynote address: Big techs in finance: a bildungsroman that is far from over

Video 9 Feb 2023

Keynote address: Big techs in finance: a bildungsroman that is far from over

François Villeroy de Galhau speaks on big techs in finance - a bildungsroman that is far from over. Speech: Big techs in…

Agustín Carstens

and

François Villeroy de Galhau

01:31:50

Central banks and the green transition: what's next?

Video 1 Jun 2022

Central banks and the green transition: what's next?

In the closing high-level panel of the Green Swan 2022, the heads of the BIS, Central Bank of Brazil, European Central Bank,…

Yi Gang

Agustín Carstens

François Villeroy de Galhau

Christine Lagarde

and

Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto

All podcasts (1)

01:02:06

Podcast 22 Nov 2024

Central banks' role in climate change-related topics

Bank of France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, Bank of Spain Governor José Luis…

Kazuo Ueda

François Villeroy de Galhau

Jose Luis Escrivá

and

Christine Lagarde

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François Villeroy de Galhau

Governor

All speeches (249)

Bank of France - how the commitment to fintechs is being implemented

The Banking Union ─ time to move forward again

Speech - International Conference on Statistics for Sustainable Finance

Roads for the future - central bank digital currency (CBDC) and innovative payments

Never too much and never too many - how to transform global discussion into global action against climate change

Press Conference

Inflation and monetary policy in a post-Covid-19 world

What fiscal policies beyond monetary policy support?

How to revisit central banking and financial stability?

All videos (16)

2026 Per Jacobsson Lecture: Panel discussion

Closing - Climate risks, adaptation and mitigation: what do central banks make of their economic effects?

Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture - Panel discussion 2024

Keynote speech: Adopting new technological innovations now or waiting for them to mature further - the current dilemma for central banks’ boards

Looking back, looking forward: the view from the top

Closing event: Climate, tech and transition in the real economy: what should central banks know - and do - about them?

CBDCs: Keeping momentum in uncertain times

Keynote address: Big techs in finance: a bildungsroman that is far from over

Central banks and the green transition: what's next?

All podcasts (1)

Central banks' role in climate change-related topics

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