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Reporting & Disclosures
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.
CBDCs
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.
Custody & Infrastructure
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.
Tokenisation
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.
CBDCs
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”.
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF Plenary Packs Powerful Punch
By Manesh Samtani | 25/06/2021
The FATF finalised reports on technological innovation, environmental crime, and asset recovery. New guidance on PF risk and a white paper on beneficial ownership were also finalised.
Trading & Investment
MAS Authorises Sandbox Graduate HGX as Market Operator
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 25/06/2021
The HGX member-driven private securities exchange formed out of an alliance between Fundnel, PhillipCapital, PrimePartners and Zilliqa.
Credit Risk
Australian Regulators Flag Concerns Over Household Debt Risks
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/06/2021
APRA has written to large banks seeking assurances that lending standards are being maintained to prevent a buildup of risk in housing loan portfolios.
Anti-Money Laundering
Korean Officials Seize Cryptocurrency from Tax Evaders
By Editors | 23/06/2021
Investigators had to compare tax evaders’ mobile phone numbers against those registered at crypto exchanges in order to track down their account details.
Tokenisation
DBS Launches Automated Digital Bond Issuance Platform
By Editors | 23/06/2021
FIX Marketplace enables issuers to digitalise their bonds for direct issuance in the market, while allowing for direct interaction with investors.
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