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    Climate Risk

    Japan Regulators Deepen Climate Risk Scrutiny with New Scenario Tests

    By Editors | 02/07/2025

    Separate analyses for banks and insurers highlight growing transition and physical risks, urging firms to enhance risk management frameworks.

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    AI Risk & Governance

    BOJ Study Examines Legal Consequences of AI Errors in Finance

    By Thisanka Siripala | 20/06/2025

    New BOJ report urges FIs to rethink contracts, customer protections, and governance before embedding AI into core operations.

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    CBDCs

    BOK Pushes Banks on CBDC Trials, Weighs Stablecoin Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 29/05/2025

    Bank of Korea urges commercial lenders to join CBDC pilots, explores private stablecoin integration amid capital outflow concerns.

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    Emerging Prudential Risks

    BOJ Calls on Banks to Be Extra Vigilant in Current Environment

    By Thisanka Siripala | 25/04/2025

    Banks could see volatility in their stock prices, more defaults by client firms, and risks from exposures to foreign non-banks.

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    Market Risk

    Japan FSA Raises Alarm Over Hidden Losses in Structured Loans

    By Thisanka Siripala | 22/04/2025

    Structured loans which bundle JGBs with derivatives have allowed regional banks to avoid marking-to-market or publicly disclosing losses as interest rates have risen.

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    Emerging Prudential Risks

    BOJ Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 17 Years

    By Thisanka Siripala | 25/01/2025

    BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the rate hike aligns with the central bank’s efforts to maintain inflation at its 2% target over the medium term​.

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    CBDCs

    Central Banks Offers Legal and System Design Lessons for Retail CBDC

    By Manesh Samtani | 01/12/2024

    Seven central banks have published two new papers summarising key legal and system design aspects of retail CBDC.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    BCBS Postpones Climate Risk Disclosure Framework for Banks

    By Thisanka Siripala | 21/11/2024

    The BCBS has been unable to finalise the Pillar 3 disclosure framework for climate-related financial risks because the US refuses to endorse it.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    US, Hong Kong Cut Rates for the First Time in Four Years

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/09/2024

    The last time the US Federal Reserve and HKMA lowered their benchmark interest rates was during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

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    Tokenisation

    More Than 40 Private Sector Firms Join BIS Project Agora

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/09/2024

    Seven central banks will work with more than 40 financial firms to explore how tokenisation can enhance wholesale cross-border payments.

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