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PEPs & Sanctions
CNOOC to Exit Western Markets Over Sanctions Risk, Red Tape
By Editors | 18/04/2022
“We cannot predict if the company or its affiliates and partners will be affected by US sanctions in future,” CNOOC said after reviewing its global portfolio ahead of a Shanghai IPO.
Payments & Settlements
HKMA Asks Banks to Help Reactivate Dormant Mainland Accounts
By Editors | 18/04/2022
Hong Kong customers are facing difficulties reactivating their Mainland accounts due to travel restrictions preventing them from visiting the banks’ branches in person.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Issues Risk Management Framework for New EGR Segment
By Editors | 17/04/2022
The framework sets out a system for stock exchanges to collect margins from trading members to cover potential losses from trading in Electronic Gold Receipts.
Trading & Investment
US SEC Proposes Registration Requirement for Security-Based SEFs
By Mark Johnston | 16/04/2022
The rules will improve transparency over total return swaps, the instruments partly responsible for last year’s blowup at Archegos Capital Management.
Trading & Investment
BSEC Tightens Circuit Breaker Limit for Dhaka SME Board
By Editors | 15/04/2022
The SME board commenced trading last October and has seen volume spikes as a result of a waiver from a requirement for traders to register.
Payments & Settlements
RBI to Simplify E-Commerce Payment Settlement Process
By Editors | 15/04/2022
Foreign entities seeking to operate as payment gateways and aggregators for e-commerce-related export and import transactions would have to be authorised in India.
CBDCs
BOJ Offers Clues on Path Forward for CBDC Issuance
By Manesh Samtani | 15/04/2022
The BOJ has commenced phase two testing on a CBDC. Later this fiscal year, it plans to seek input from the public on how a CBDC might benefit businesses and the overall payments landscape.
Emerging Prudential Risks
ASEAN Ministers, Central Banks Prioritise Financial Stability, Inclusion
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/04/2022
Finance ministers and central bankers have committed to promoting financial stability, financial inclusion and banking integration in the ASEAN region.
CBDCs
DTCC to Explore Use of CBDC in Clearing and Settlement
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/04/2022
Project Lithium will explore how a CBDC can reduce counterparty risk and trapped liquidity, increase capital efficiency and enable atomic settlement.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Australia, Singapore to Deepen Collaboration via ‘FinTech Bridge’
By Editors | 13/04/2022
The bilateral FinTech Bridge will enable stronger cooperation and collaboration on policy and regulation to better support the cross-border growth of the fintech industry.
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