The draft circular sets out the criteria and approval process for bank stockholders, aiming to ensure their fitness and propriety.
July 13, 2023Michael Barr said the proposed changes would not be fully effective for "some years" because of the rulemaking process and the transition period provided.
July 11, 2023Treasury officials reportedly asked banks to help identify certain high-tech items being shipped to Russia via Hong Kong.
July 11, 2023The PoC tested a theoretical CBDC and bank deposit tokens on a shared multi-entity distributed ledger to enable domestic and cross-border payments.
July 10, 2023The big five state-owned banks have capped their dollar deposit rates at 2.8 percent, down from 4.3 percent previously, effective from 1 July.
July 5, 2023The new deposit protection scheme will commence by late 2024, guaranteeing up to NZ$100,000 per depositor, per institution.
June 30, 2023The ECB will decide whether to move to the next phase of the project after its investigation phase is concluded in October.
June 29, 2023Treasury will work with APRA and the four major banks to design and scope a voluntary data collection on de-banking.
June 29, 2023Project Mariana is studying the use of DeFi automated market makers and wholesale CBDC for cross-border foreign exchange transactions.
June 29, 2023HKEX has completed external user testing for the launch of FINI, which will shorten IPO settlement times from five to two days.
June 29, 2023