Payments & Settlements

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

    Structural Regulation

    RBI Proposes to Ease FEMA Rules on Cross-border Guarantees

    By Nithya Subramanian | 20/08/2025

    The RBI has proposed new FEMA rules to bring most cross-border guarantees under the automatic route, while mandating detailed reporting of all guarantees issued and invoked.

    Trading & Investment

    Guangzhou Unveils Reforms to Boost Nansha's GBA Hub Ambitions

    By Manesh Samtani | 20/08/2025

    Guangzhou unveils 88 measures to bolster Nansha as a GBA financial hub, focusing on cross-border cooperation, innovation, and regulatory enhancements.

    Trading & Investment

    RBI Allows SRVA Holders to Invest Surplus Rupees in G-Secs

    By Nithya Subramanian | 20/08/2025

    RBI’s move expands the use of SRVAs, giving foreign banks a new channel to deploy surplus trade settlement funds.

    Payments & Settlements

    BSP Issues Rules to Keep Markets Open During Holidays

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/08/2025

    The new rules require payment systems, FX trading and clearing to continue on local holidays, with exceptions only for nationwide shutdowns.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    SEBI Extends Deadline for New Margin Pledge Framework

    By Nithya Subramanian | 19/08/2025

    SEBI has delayed the rollout of its new pledge-and-re-pledge margin framework to 10 October, giving intermediaries more time to upgrade systems and implement changes.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Vietnam Proposes Overhaul of Overseas Investment Rules

    By Mark Johnston | 19/08/2025

    Shifting oversight to the central bank, the move aims to cut red tape for investors and enhance state management through foreign exchange and AML controls.

    Payments & Settlements

    Indonesia Expands QRIS Network to Japan, Begins China Trial

    By Editors | 19/08/2025

    The move marks the QRIS payment system's first expansion beyond the ASEAN region, with trials also underway to link with China.

    Tokenisation

    RBI Greenlights Blockchain-based Sandbox Solution for MSME Financing

    By Nithya Subramanian | 18/08/2025

    The platform, developed by IBDIC and its partners, promises to expand affordable credit access for lower-tier MSMEs.

    Liquidity Risk

    Singapore, Brunei sign MOU on Cross-border Collateral

    By Nithya Subramanian | 18/08/2025

    The agreement will let both central banks accept a wider range of collateral in their liquidity provisioning facilities, giving FIs more flexibility.

    Payments & Settlements

    ACCC Backs Coordinated Migration to New Payments Encryption Standard

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/08/2025

    The ACCC has proposed granting an eight-year authorisation for the payments industry to jointly manage the shift to a more secure standard.

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