FINTECH / REGTECH

Fintech / Regtech

German Firms Validate Derivatives Use Case for Smart Contracts

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/07/2021

Smart derivative contracts simplify and accelerate settlement processes of OTC derivatives and create economic advantages for counerparties.

ESG / Sustainability

UK, Singapore Commit to Deepening Regulatory Cooperation

By Editors | 01/07/2021

Officials agree to explore cross-border financial regulation, carbon market trading linkages, and collaboration opportunities via their BIS Innovation Hub centres.

AML / KYC

Eftpos Launches Business to Make Digital IDs Interoperable

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 30/06/2021

ConnectID acts as a ‘broker’ between identity providers, securely facilitating identity verification and data exchange, without storing identity data.

AML / KYC

Digital Identity: A Sound Model for Risk Mitigation

By Manesh Samtani | 29/06/2021

Lax attitudes towards security by consumers have made it increasingly important for banks to take advantage of digital identity systems and put in place robust security measures.

Fintech / Regtech

MAS Launches Global Challenge for Retail CBDC Solutions

By Editors | 29/06/2021

Fintechs, financial institutions and solution providers from around the world are invited to submit innovative solutions that can address 12 problem statements.

Big Picture

New Report Explores Impact of AT/HFT on Hong Kong Equities

By Manesh Samtani | 28/06/2021

Algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading were generally not found to have a deteriorating impact on market liquidity or increase market volatility.

Big Picture

Industry Cooperation is Key to Trade Finance Innovation

By Henry Roxas | 27/06/2021

R3’s Henry Roxas discusses the prevalence of paper-based methods in trade finance and the need for broader industry efforts to digitise practices.

Crypto / Digital Assets

ASIFMA Spotlights Tokenised Securities in New Paper

By Manesh Samtani | 27/06/2021

The paper calls on regulators to issue more guidance on the classification of tokens and modernise paper-based requirements in securities markets.

Fintech / Regtech

Taiwan Central Bank Experimenting with CBDC

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/06/2021

Central bank staff are working with software engineers to simulate how transactions would be made with a CBDC, known as “govcoin”.