International

Tokenisation

BIS Focuses on Tokenisation, CBDCs, Green Finance Projects This Year

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/01/2024

BIS is ensuring “technology serves economically meaningful activities” as it advances its CBDC project and initiates a blockchain-based tokenisation project.

Sustainable Finance

ADB Advocates Private Sector Involvement in Climate Action Financing

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/01/2024

ADB’s Warren Evans emphasises multilateral development banks can’t finance climate action alone, urging the private sector to provide bulk of funding.

Trading & Investment

BIS Sets Out Priorities for Next Review of FX Global Code

By Manesh Samtani | 23/01/2024

BIS Market Committee Chair John Williams says the GFXC should expand adoption to more types of institutions and continue work on reducing FX settlement risk.

Anti-Money Laundering

Metaverse Tools Crucial in Fight Against Cryptocurrency Crime: INTERPOL

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 23/01/2024

Interpol’s white paper highlights blockchain forensics as a vital tool in combating Metacrimes linked to cryptocurrencies, including money laundering and fraud.

Reporting & Disclosures

IFRS Foundation and GRI Publish GHG Emissions Reporting Guide

By Mark Johnston | 23/01/2024

The reporting guide shows how to report Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 GHG emissions using both the GRI and ISSB standards.

Anti-Money Laundering

Singapore Money Laundering Case Tops S$3bn in Assets

By Editors | 22/01/2024

Warrants of arrest and Interpol Red Notices have also been issued against two more Cambodian nationals for money laundering offences.

PEPs & Sanctions

US Sanctions Prompt Turkish Banks to Reject Russian Payments

By Editors | 22/01/2024

Turkish banks are now refusing to accept payments from Russian banks for exports, due to the threat of US sanctions.

Anti-Money Laundering

Global Crypto Crime Gains Fall; Stablecoins Rise: Report

By Nithya Subramanian | 19/01/2024

The global amount received by illicit cryptocurrency addresses in 2023 fell 39 per cent, while stablecoins accounted for 60 per cent of illicit transactions, revealed Chainalysis.

Cybersecurity

Quantum Security Risks Loom for Financial Sector: WEF Report

By Mark Johnston | 19/01/2024

The WEF has released a report on the implications of quantum computing for the financial sector, highlighting the need for global collaboration and regulation.