Payments & Settlements

    Reporting on regulatory developments, innovations, and risks in payment systems and settlement processes essential for the transfer of money and securities.

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    Trading & Investment

    SEBI Implements Three-Day Timeline for IPO Listings

    By Ajoy K Das | 06/12/2023

    The new mandatory three-day timeline from IPO close to listing took effect on 1 December, and will benefit both issuers and investors.

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    Payments & Settlements

    HKMA, BOT Launch Cross-border QR Payment Linkage

    By Editors | 05/12/2023

    Travellers from Thailand and Hong Kong can make retail payments by using their mobile banking apps to scan the Hong Kong and Thai QR codes displayed by merchants.

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    Payments & Settlements

    StanChart HK Becomes Participant of China’s CIPS

    By Editors | 04/12/2023

    The bank is the first and only foreign bank in the offshore market to directly participate in CIPS.

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    Payments & Settlements

    Payments Into Europe Can Now Reach Beneficiaries “in Seconds”: Swift

    By Editors | 03/12/2023

    The EPC’s One-Leg-Out Instant Credit Transfer scheme enables payments to and from Europe to be processed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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    Payments & Settlements

    Bangladesh Allows Foreign Firms to Open FX Accounts Domestically

    By Ajoy K Das | 03/12/2023

    Foreign nationals, companies operating abroad, and foreign institutional investors can open and maintain FC accounts with offshore banking operations of local banks.

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    CBDCs

    Third Phase of CBDC Project “Helvetia” Gets Underway

    By Manesh Samtani | 01/12/2023

    The pilot programme allows participating banks to settle digital bonds and repo transactions against wholesale CBDC on a DvP basis.

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    Payments & Settlements

    HKEX Proposes to Keep Markets Open During Typhoons

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/12/2023

    HKEX proposes operational model to allow markets to remain open during typhoons and rainstorms from July 2024.

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    Payments & Settlements

    India’s IFSCA to Allocate IFSC Codes to IBUs at GIFT City

    By Ajoy K Das | 01/12/2023

    IFSC codes shall be used only for cross border remittances to IBUs in GIFT City, not in domestic payment systems.

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    Payments & Settlements

    SEBI to Implement T+0 Settlement in Equities by March 2024

    By Ajoy K Das | 29/11/2023

    SEBI will implement same day settlement in equities trading by March 2024, and optional instantaneous settlement a year later.

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    Clearing & Post-Trade

    ASX Commits to Enhancing CHESS Project Delivery Capabilities

    By Editors | 29/11/2023

    ASX has committed to implementing all of the recommendations from an independent review of its Portfolio, Program, and Project Management frameworks.

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