International

SBTi's new paper provides principles, definitions, metrics, and target formulation considerations for FIs to set quantitative net-zero targets.

OFAC has added a list of entities associated with Lazarus to its sanctions list, including a specific Ethereum wallet address associated with the attackers.

The advisory offers indicators to help FIs in preventing, detecting, and reporting suspicious transactions associated with kleptocracy and foreign public corruption.

The founding members of the task force are Chainalysis, Elliptic, GDF and Safello, who will together work to support sanctions compliance in the crypto industry.

The highest ranking retail CBDC projects were from Nigeria, the Bahamas, and China. The highest ranking wholesale CBDC projects were from Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore.

The OSFI will consult financial institutions on climate disclosures guidelines that will phase in mandatory TCFD-aligned reporting beginning in 2024.

Nasdaq has published a summary of laws and regulations governing the trading of crypto assets around the world.

The DOJ says known hacker Virgil Griffith was developing crypto infrastructure in North Korea and attempting to broker introductions to service providers to facilitate sanctions evasion.

The expected UPI reporting timeline has been revised to late Q4 2023 instead of Q3 2022, which the DSB says will help market participants’ implementation efforts.

A new report by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change provides guidance to asset owners on closing the net zero investment gap.