Payments & Settlements

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

    Payments & Settlements

    Banks Must Ensure Foreigners’ RMB Investment Returns Can Be ‘Freely Remitted’ – PBOC

    By Samuel Riding | 08/01/2018

    PBOC confirms overseas investors can use RMB funds to participate in China’s emissions trading market; send RMB profits, dividends back home.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    Indonesia to Establish Derivatives CCP

    By Editors | 03/01/2018

    Centralising counterparty risk at a clearinghouse will make derivative products offered by Indonesian financial institutions more competitive.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    SEBI Seeks to Establish Clearinghouse Interoperability

    By Editors | 24/12/2017

    Connectivity between clearing corporations may help reduce clearing and compliance costs, boost capital allocation efficiency and enhance obligation nettings benefits.

    Structural Regulation

    Shenzhen, Laos Exchanges Sign MoU on Capital Market Cooperation

    By Editors | 19/12/2017

    SZSE and LSX to share information, personnel, technology, expertise; financial infrastructure connectivity to facilitate cross-border ‘economic corridor’.

    Payments & Settlements

    Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia Launch Local Currency Clearing

    By Editors | 13/12/2017

    Deal involving multiple regional banks, which takes effect on 2 January, will enable wider use of domestic currencies in financial investment.

    Payments & Settlements

    Japan, Singapore Developing Cross-border DLT Trade Prototype

    By Editors | 07/12/2017

    Mitsubishi UFJ- NTT DATA  distributed ledger expected to make cross-border flows more secure through single, unified platform.

    Trading & Investment

    BoJ Urges Asian Local Currency Debt Market Development

    By Garima Chitkara | 30/11/2017

    Haruhiko Kuroda says firms in Asia need to diversify their sources of funding to protect against market shocks as ASEAN initiatives increase.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    SGX Revamping Securities Settlement Processes

    By Editors | 30/11/2017

    Exchange consultation proposes move to T+2 settlement, simultaneous securities, money settlement in bid to prevent systemic risk.

    Cybersecurity

    MAS MD Sets out Fintech Regulation Agenda

    By Editors | 16/11/2017

    Ravi Menon sets out raft of initiatives including new Payment Services Bill, technology risk management guidelines, machine readable forms.

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