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FSB Offers Recommendations on Regulating Global Stablecoins
By Editors | 14/04/2020
The consultative report proposes 10 high-level recommendations for jurisdictional authorities to advance consistent and effective regulation and supervision of global stablecoin arrangements.
Market Infrastructure
China Opens Treasury Bond Futures Market to ICBC, BOC, BoCom
By Editors | 13/04/2020
Participation by the three banks in the treasury bond futures market will improve liquidity, enhance price discovery, and create a more meaningful yield curve.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA, IIF Warn G20 of Acute USD Shortage in Emerging Markets
By Editors | 13/04/2020
US dollar shortages could constrain policy responses aimed at cushioning emerging market economies from the Covid-19 shock.
Market Infrastructure
Myanmar Awards Licences to Seven More Foreign Banks
By Editors | 13/04/2020
The preliminary licences were awarded to three Korean banks, two Taiwanese banks, one Hong Kong bank and one Thai bank.
AML / KYC
FSB Publishes Stage 1 Report on Enhancing Cross-Border Payments
By Editors | 09/04/2020
New technologies have the potential to facilitate fast, low cost, transparent and scalable payments, but should be accompanied by measures to address all relevant risks.
Market Infrastructure
IOSCO Redirects Work Programme to Focus on Covid-19 Impacts
By Editors | 09/04/2020
IOSCO resources will be redeployed to focus on matters directly impacted by Covid-19, including to examine market-based finance, investment funds and central clearing.
Fintech / Regtech
MAS Extends Assessment Period for Digital Bank Decisions
By Editors | 09/04/2020
Successful digital bank applicants will be informed in the second half of this year, instead of June 2020 as originally intended.
Market Infrastructure
Indonesia Has Adopted Measures to Implement PFMI: CPMI-IOSCO
By Editors | 09/04/2020
Since the 2019 update, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have finished adopting measures that will enable them to implement the PFMIs for all financial market infrastructure types.
Market Infrastructure
ASIC, APRA Offer Best Practice Recommendations on LIBOR Transition
By Editors | 08/04/2020
ASIC, APRA and the RBA warn that a failure to transition to alternative reference rates could lead to significant reputational, operational and legal risk and disrupt financial markets.
Fintech / Regtech
In-Depth: Making Sense of Digital Bank Policy
By Jamie Lloyd Evans | 07/04/2020
Industry veteran Jamie Lloyd Evans takes a detailed look at digital banking regimes in Asia, and the stated – and unstated – motivations behind them.
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