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Payments & Settlements
Central Bank Liquidity Bridges Lower Costs of Cross-border Payments
By Editors | 24/07/2022
CPMI says central bank liquidity bridges can help reduce funding costs, FX costs, credit risks and operational risks for payment system participants.
Reporting & Disclosures
SGX RegCo Outlines Steps to Tackle Greenwashing
By Manesh Samtani | 21/07/2022
SGX is developing a digital portal known as ESGenome which will help issuers with disclosures and make ESG data more easily accessible to investors.
ESG Data
FMSB Publishes Spotlight Review on ESG Ratings
By Editors | 21/07/2022
The review seeks to help support increased transparency around collection processes and methodologies as a means of facilitating comparability of ESG ratings.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Fraud Risk: An Industry Priority for the Crypto Space
By Editors | 20/07/2022
Experts say crypto firms have a responsibility and moral obligation to have anti-fraud controls in place, and that this will help create trust in the industry.
Climate Risk
IMF Outlines Approaches to Climate Risk Analysis in FSAPs
By Manesh Samtani | 18/07/2022
Climate risk analysis in FSAPs typically entails the development of scenario-based stress tests for assessing bank solvency and liquidity, using bank level data.
PEPs & Sanctions
How North Korean Cryptocurrency Abuse Is Expanding
By Sasha Erskine | 18/07/2022
Countries must secure new and emerging gateways that are used to circumvent sanctions, as North Korea’s exploitation of cryptocurrency continues.
Capital Adequacy
BCBS Treatment of Banks’ Crypto Exposures Still Constraining: ISDA
By Manesh Samtani | 18/07/2022
ISDA chief executive Scott O’Malia says the new group 2 exposure limit presents a “significant constraint” on the extent to which banks can participate.
PEPs & Sanctions
Sanctions Over-Compliance Causes Human Rights Violations: UN Expert
By Editors | 18/07/2022
UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan says governments and FIs should be doing more to ensure over-compliance with sanctions does not negatively impact human rights.
Climate Risk
Asset Managers Need to Collaborate on Risk, Compliance – IA
By ESG Investor | 15/07/2022
New report from the Investment Association and Deloitte offers recommendations for asset managers on net zero transition.
Cloud & Infrastructure
IOSCO Publishes Report on Use of Innovation Facilitators
By Editors | 15/07/2022
The report offers recommendations on three types of innovation facilitators – innovation hubs, regulatory sandboxes, and regulatory accelerators.
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