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

Payments & Settlements
Japan FSA Orders Report Explaining Zengin-Net Outage
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/10/2023
Zengin-Net has to produce a report explaining last week’s outage and measures taken to prevent a recurrence.

Payments & Settlements
Mitigating Settlement Risk in a Fragmented World
By Marc Bayle de Jessé | 17/10/2023
Marc Bayle de Jessé discusses work underway to address settlement risks in FX transactions and what more needs to be done.

Cryptocurrency
MAS Grants Major Payments Institution Licence to Upbit
By Editors | 16/10/2023
Upbit is South Korea’s largest crypto exchange. The group also has regulated digital asset exchanges in Indonesia and Thailand.

Payments & Settlements
Australia to Regulate Digital Payment Providers
By Editors | 12/10/2023
The RBA will regulate new and emerging payments systems the same way as credit cards, EFTPOS and other transactions.

Payments & Settlements
UPDATED – Japan Suffers Payment Clearing Network Disruption
By Editors | 11/10/2023
Zengin-Net restored its system in the early hours of Thursday (12 October). The FSA ordered the production of a detailed report of the incident.

Payments & Settlements
Public-Private Partnership Key for G20 Cross-Border Payment Targets: FSB
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 10/10/2023
FSB’s Rupert Thorne tells Regulation Asia how public and private sectors play critical roles in achieving the G20’s cross-border payment targets.

Payments & Settlements
Australia Consults on Aligning Timing of Super Payments With Wages
By Editors | 10/10/2023
Employers tend to make super payments quarterly, even though employees are typically paid in fortnightly or monthly pay cycles.

Cybersecurity
RBI Allows Banks to Introduce Card Token Facilities
By Editors | 09/10/2023
Card token creation has until now only been available through merchant applications or websites, not issuer banks.

Clearing & Post-Trade
Don’t Delay the Inevitable: T+1 Settlement is Imminent
By Val Wotton | 09/10/2023
DTCC’s Val Wotton discusses what the US move to a shorter settlement cycle means for Asia and beyond.

Payments & Settlements
India, UAE Sign Agreement to Interlink Payment Systems
By Editors | 09/10/2023
India will interlink the UPI with the UAE’s Instant Payments Platform. The RuPay switch and UAESWITCH card switches will also be interlinked.
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