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Cover Finance & Development
Front Matter
International Monetary Fund. Communications Department

FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Keywords:
FD; F&D; data bias; data economy; big data analytics; Afordable internet access; location data; digital ID; expansionary monetary policy; community currency; government policy; COVID-19; Cyber risk; Migration; Financial inclusion; Global; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Europe; Asia and Pacific; public goods; widening inequality; inflation revival; policymaking benchmark; pandemic's disruption; Central Bank digital currencies; Technological innovation
Cover Finance & Development
The Global Cyber Threat
Cyber threats to the financial system are growing, and the global community must cooperate to protect it
Tim Maurer
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Arthur Nelson

In February 2016, hackers targeted the central bank of Bangladesh and exploited vulnerabilities in SWIFT, the global financial system’s main electronic payment messaging system, trying to steal $1 billion. While most transactions were blocked, $101 million still disappeared. The heist was a wake-up call for the finance world that systemic cyber risks in the financial system had been severely underestimated.

Keywords:
FD; F&D; data bias; data economy; big data analytics; Afordable internet access; location data; digital ID; expansionary monetary policy; community currency; government policy; COVID-19; Cyber risk; Migration; Financial inclusion; Global; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Europe; Asia and Pacific; financial services firm; technology company; world s government; global financial system fuel risk; government actor; Financial sector; Financial sector stability
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The Dark Side of Technology: The benefits of the digital age are tempered by the risks

Finance and Development, September 2016

Keywords:
FD; F&D; bank; economy; drive-through teller; firm; emerging market; social media; toll cybercrime; market-intelligence firm; global financial system; JPMorgan Chase; Emerging technologies; Social networks; Cyber risk; Securities; Global