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Regulatory Fragmentation Undermines Financial System Resilience - Report

By Manesh Samtani | 12/07/2025

Joint paper by BPI, GFMA and IIF calls for coordinated action to address the proliferation of "localisation policies", such as ring-fencing and forced subsidiarisation.

Big Picture

Asset Servicing Firms Face Spiralling Costs by Delaying ISO 20022 - Report

By Manesh Samtani | 12/07/2025

New report by The ValueExchange and SmartStream Technologies highlights that slow adoption of ISO 20022 is costing firms up to USD 21 million annually.

Big Picture

China's Green Finance Drive Spurs Loan and Bond Market Growth, IIF Says

By Manesh Samtani | 11/07/2025

New IIF report highlights how central bank incentives and evolving regulation are fuelling a surge in China's green finance markets.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Flags Bank-NBFI Risks, Puts Synthetic Risk Transfers Under Scrutiny

By Manesh Samtani | 11/07/2025

New BIS report warns of growing interconnections and mutual dependence, highlighting the need for better data and signalling a probe into complex risk instruments.

Capital / Liquidity

BIS Paper Proposes Model to Price Physical Climate Risk in Bank Capital

By Manesh Samtani | 10/07/2025

New paper offers a way to integrate physical climate events into standard credit models, potentially raising capital requirements significantly.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto Derivatives Exchanges Warned of Threat to Insurance Funds

By Manesh Samtani | 09/07/2025

A new report details how attackers exploit design flaws to drain platform reserves and urges proactive surveillance.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Banks Unveil Asia’s First Nature-Climate Risk Study for Credit Portfolios

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/07/2025

The study revealed food and agriculture companies, such as plantations and millers, were more at risk to nature-related disruptions than integrated firms with diversified operations.

Fintech / Regtech

BIS Paper Offers Roadmap for Addressing Quantum Threat in Banking

By Manesh Samtani | 08/07/2025

A new BIS paper outlines a roadmap for banks and supervisors to counter quantum computing threats, urging an immediate start.

ESG / Sustainability

IEEFA Calls on RBI, SEBI to Embed Social Factors in India's Green Transition

By Editors | 07/07/2025

Report urges India's financial regulators to expand reporting and lending rules to address the social costs of its energy transition.