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Crypto / Digital Assets
Bitcoin Consumes Less Energy than Classical Payments: Report
By Mark Johnston | 25/06/2022
Research report finds that the Lightning network enables a single Bitcoin transaction to become 194 million times more energy-efficient than a classical payment.
AML / KYC
Corporate Registries Should Issue LEIs in Bulk: BIS Paper
By Manesh Samtani | 25/06/2022
Bulk LEI issuance by corporate registries would enhance the efficiency and reliability of data collection and reduce the per-company cost of applying for an LEI.
Securities / Derivatives
ICMA Issues Guidance to Promote Bond Settlement Efficiency
By Editors | 25/06/2022
The best practice recommendations cover shaping of settlement instructions, partial settlement, auto-borrowing and netting.
ESG / Sustainability
Moody’s Finds ESG Risk Mitigation Delivers Higher Returns
By ESG Investor | 25/06/2022
Controversial events can cause lasting damage to shareholder value, analysis from Moody’s Analytics suggests.
AML / KYC
Wolfsberg Group Calls for Greater Use of PPPs for AML/CTF
By Manesh Samtani | 24/06/2022
PPPs provide the most direct and impactful opportunity for FIs to collaborate with public sector stakeholders to identify and address financial crime risks.
ESG / Sustainability
GFANZ Consults on Net-zero Transition Planning Framework
By Editors | 24/06/2022
GFANZ identifies four critical approaches for financial institutions to support real-economy GHG emissions reductions.
ESG / Sustainability
IFRS Foundation, VRF Finalise Consolidation Arrangements
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/06/2022
The consolidation will support the sustainability reporting work of the ISSB, which is also working to establish an MOU with GRI.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BIS Innovation Hub Outlines Lessons from CBDC Experiments
By Manesh Samtani | 23/06/2022
The report covers four experiments, Project Inthanon-LionRock, Project Jura, Project Dunbar, and Project mBridge.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BISIH London to Develop API Prototypes for Retail CBDC
By Editors | 22/06/2022
Project Rosalind aims to develop APIs for retail CBDC distribution that best enable a central bank ledger to interact with private sector service providers.
Market Infrastructure
FIX Attains ISO Standardisation for Two Standards
By Editors | 22/06/2022
Participants will benefit from higher quality standards documents, which will lead to improved interoperability between implementations.
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