International

    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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