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Capital / Liquidity

HKMA to Adopt BCBS Guidelines on Stress Testing

By Editors | 23/10/2018

Authorised institutions should review and strengthen stress testing frameworks and practices taking account of BCBS’ stress testing principles, the HKMA says.

Market Infrastructure

Banks Team Up to Develop Digital Trade Finance Network

By Manesh Samtani | 23/10/2018

The ‘Trade Information Network’ is expected to be production-ready by Q3 2019, representing the “first inclusive global multi-bank, multi-corporate network in trade finance”.

Market Infrastructure

SWIFT gpi Instant Cross-Border Payments Trial Hailed a Success

By Manesh Samtani | 22/10/2018

All payments during the trial were processed end-to-end within 60 seconds, demonstrating the service’s capabilities to scale and integrate with other real-time payment systems.

Market Infrastructure

HKEX Launches Commodity Exchange in Shenzhen

By Editors | 22/10/2018

The Qianhai Mercantile Exchange, controlled by HKEX, unexpectedly began spot trading in alumina on Friday, according to a Reuters report.

Fintech / Regtech

Japan FSA Updates Financial Sector Cyber Policy

By Manesh Samtani | 21/10/2018

Japan’s financial infrastructure may come under attack in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the FSA says as it prepares to guard against potential large-scale incidents.

Market Infrastructure

HSBC Mulls Shanghai Listing through Stock Connect

By Garima Chitkara | 19/10/2018

HSBC could become the first foreign firm to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange through a new Stock Connect link with London, slated to go live at the end of the year.

Fintech / Regtech

New Sandbox Allows Testing of Australia’s NPP via APIs

By Editors | 18/10/2018

SWIFT and NPP Australia have launched a new secure testing environment allowing fintechs to test the capabilities of Australia’s new payments system via APIs.

Market Infrastructure

APRA Clarifies Accountability Expectations under BEAR in New Paper

By Editors | 18/10/2018

The information paper is aimed at assisting financial institutions to prepare for BEAR implementation, and helping the largest of them refine and embed the regime.

Market Infrastructure

DLT Can Process Peak Equity Trading Volumes – DTCC

By Manesh Samtani | 18/10/2018

The results of the study prove that distributed ledger technology’s performance can scale to meet the needs of markets of different sizes and maturity, says DTCC’s Murray Pozmanter.