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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    PEPs & Sanctions

    Price Cap Policy for Russian Oil is Working: US Treasury Report

    By Editors | 20/05/2023

    Oil revenues now account for 23 percent of the total Russian budget, compared to 30-35 percent before the war in Ukraine.

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    Clearing & Post-Trade

    SEBI to Allow Direct Client Participation in Tri-party Repo Segment

    By Mark Johnston | 20/05/2023

    SEBI proposes to allow NBFCs, insurance companies, and mutual funds to directly participate in the tri-party repo segment of the corporate bond market.

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    Clearing & Post-Trade

    34 FIs Have Joined Swift Service for Addressing Settlement Fails

    By Editors | 19/05/2023

    The service leverages the UTI to link all Swift messages related to the same securities settlement flow in a transaction chain.

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    CBDCs

    NY Fed, MAS Publish Results from Cross-Border Payments Study

    By Editors | 19/05/2023

    Each simulated payment scenario achieved end-to-end settlement in under thirty seconds on average using wholesale CBDCs.

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    Payments & Settlements

    Thailand Considers Using Local Currency Settlement for China Trade

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/05/2023

    Bank of Thailand has been studying the barriers to yuan-baht payments and plans to reduce these barriers this year.

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    Capital Adequacy

    Fed Plans to Toughen Capital, Liquidity Rules for Banks

    By Manesh Samtani | 18/05/2023

    Fed, FDIC and OCC officials as well as former executives from failed banks testified before lawmakers this week.

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    CBDCs

    BOK, Samsung to Collaborate on Offline CBDC Payments

    By Editors | 16/05/2023

    The agreement will involve further research on a BOK-issued CBDC and collaboration in the offline payments sector.

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    Trading & Investment

    Northbound Trading for Swap Connect Has Launched

    By Manesh Samtani | 15/05/2023

    At the opening bell, 37 transactions worth about $273mn were executed involving participation from 16 foreign institutions.

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    Trading & Investment

    HKEX May Allow Market to Remain Open During Typhoons

    By Editors | 12/05/2023

    A working group from HKEX and the HKMA is reportedly drafting a plan to allow trading to continue as normal during typhoons and rainstorms.

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    Emerging Prudential Risks

    FSB Assessing Role of Social Media in Bank Failures

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/05/2023

    Head of financial stability analysis Costas Stephanou said the FSB plans to issue a detailed report on its findings later in 2023 or next year.

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