Minutes of the Meeting of the Court of Directors held on 16 July 2026
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This is a Bank of England Court of Directors meeting minutes document. The content covers internal governance matters (committee updates, remuneration, nominations, business planning), operational updates (finance, COO report), and approval of internal proposals (frontier AI investment, banknote backing arrangements, legal risk appetite). While it references regulatory topics such as capital framework changes for banks, AI cyber security support, and FMI evaluation, these are either summaries of prior decisions or internal BoE matters rather than new regulatory obligations. The document is informational in nature and does not constitute new guidance, consultation, or enforcement action directed at regulated firms.
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The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.
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