Esteemed colleagues, Governors,
It is my pleasure to be here today and to address this distinguished panel. Before I start, let me just briefly thank our host Governor Matolcsy for his valuable insights. Building on some of the points raised, I would like to give the broad topic of central bank cooperation a somewhat more specific twist.
When talking about institutional cooperation, especially within such a diverse group of countries, we can indeed think of numerous possible layers for collaboration - from simple capacity building and information sharing to more complex aspects such as reserve management or bilateral swap lines. Yet in my remarks I will focus particularly on an emerging issue that we are still only getting to know - that is innovative financial technologies, or FinTech.
I believe that this topic is of equal interest both in Europe and China.