Financial Sector & Digitalization
The Financial and Digitization Area monitors the situation of the financial system, with special attention to the banking sector and groups of savings banks, and its digital transformation.
In this area, research of international diffusion in the financial system is carried out, developed by the researchers that form it and also through collaborations of the same with other world-renowned researchers. Among the topics that are most developed are financial and banking regulation and its effects, the competitive structure of the banking sector, the means of payment for business financing and the role of finance in economic growth.
The digital transformation of the Spanish financial system is analyzed through the Observatorio de la Digitalización Financiera (ODF). The objective of this Observatory is to generate, accumulate and disseminate information on the progress of the digital transformation in the Spanish financial system.
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Las stablecoins –criptomonedas de valor estable, respaldado por diversos tipos de activos– están registrando un aumento considerable de su capitalización. Una de las razones fundamentales del creciente atractivo que ejercen sobre los inversores es que la regulación aprobada sobre este tipo de criptodivisas tanto en EE. UU. como en Europa, las dota de mayor seguridad jurídica. Pero diversas instituciones y autoridades muestran su preocupación por el acaparamiento, por los emisores de stablecoins, de ciertos activos de deuda pública a corto plazo –letras estadounidenses, en concreto– , precisamente para cumplir con los criterios de respaldo, lo cual puede suponer un factor de riesgo para los mercados financieros. Lo cuenta Pedro Cuadros, de Funcas.
Vídeo
La regulación allana el despegue de las stablecoins, creando nuevas inquietudes
Fecha:
October 2025
Artículo
Paradoxical stress test results: Banking resilience amid rising uncertainty
Fecha:
October 2025
The 2025 stress tests by the Fed and EBA revealed stronger-than-expected resilience, despite harsher adverse scenarios. Improved profitability and net interest margins drove smaller capital depletion, challenging conventional expectations.
Artículo
Dollar-backed stablecoins: Not a threat in the EU
Fecha:
October 2025
Despite rapid growth in terms of capitalization and rising cross-border flows, dollar-backed stablecoins face significant barriers in the Euro Area. Exchange rate and issuer risks, coupled with strict EU regulation, private initiatives and the digital euro project, limit their potential to disrupt European financial systems; however, regulators and traditional financial services providers should continue to pay close attention to the fast development of decentralized finance and key assets like stablecoins.