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ECB's Lagarde receives 140,000 euros from BIS despite payment ban for ECB staff, FT reports

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 02/23/26 12:16 AM EST

Feb 23 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde ?receives about ?140,000 euros ($165,466) a ?year as a Bank ?for International Settlements (BIS) ?board ?member despite an ECB ?ban on ?third-party payments to staff, the Financial ?Times ?reported ?on Monday.

Some ECB employees, using internal ?message boards, have complained ?about the apparent double standard in ?the ?treatment of the ?president's remuneration from ?the BIS, according to the report.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. ($1 = ?0.8461 euros) (Reporting by Angela Christy ?in Bengaluru; ?Editing by Jacqueline ?Wong)

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