Payments & Settlements

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

    DeFi & Web3

    FSB: Decentralisation Could Benefit Financial Stability

    By Manesh Samtani | 08/06/2019

    While decentralised financial technologies do pose risks, they may increase competition and diversity in the financial system and reduce existing entities’ systemic importance.

    Payments & Settlements

    UPDATED – RBI Removes RTGS, NEFT Fund Transfer Fees

    By Editors | 07/06/2019

    Industry players and banking experts say the move will not only boost digital payments, but also make transactions faster, safer and cost-effective.

    Payments & Settlements

    RBI Publishes Payment Systems Benchmarking Report

    By Editors | 06/06/2019

    Further efforts are needed to reduce paper clearing  and improve acceptance infrastructure (e.g. PoS devices) to enhance digital payments.

    Payments & Settlements

    Project Stella: DLT Can Improve Cross-Border Payment Security

    By Editors | 06/06/2019

    The BOJ-ECB phase three study says DLT can improve security in cross-border payments by using payment methods that synchronise payments and lock funds along the payment chain.

    Data Privacy

    FSC Korea to Launch Open Data Infrastructure to Facilitate Innovation

    By Editors | 05/06/2019

    A new open data system will start providing anonymised credit information of two million people as sample data in June; and next year a financial data exchange will be launched.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    BSE India, ICCL Implement CCP Interoperability Framework

    By Editors | 04/06/2019

    BSE India and its subsidiary ICCL have gone live with the clearing corporation interoperability framework, despite a one month extension being announced.

    Payments & Settlements

    Japan, Philippines Explore Yen-Peso Direct Trading

    By Editors | 03/06/2019

    Japan and the Philippines will explore the establishment of direct yen-peso settlement for trade and investment between the two countries.

    KYC & CDD

    FSB Details Progress to Address Decline in Correspondent Banking

    By Editors | 03/06/2019

    The number of active correspondent banks declined by 3.4% in 2018, bringing the cumulative decline since 2011 to 19.3 percent.

    Trading & Investment

    China Clarifies Treatment of CDR Proceeds for Foreign Issuers

    By Editors | 30/05/2019

    New rules from the PBOC and SAFE give freedom to CDR issuers to elect whether to keep the proceeds in China or send them abroad.

    Payments & Settlements

    Indonesia Unveils Payment System Roadmap, Launches QR Code System

    By Editors | 29/05/2019

    Bank Indonesia’s roadmap for the payments system includes plans for open banking, real-time retail payments and a digital ID system.

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