A CBDC could be supported by the use of privacy-enhancing technologies to anonymise data while still allowing for AML/CFT analysis, the BOJ says.
January 29, 2023Under the revised rules, the BOJ can provide FIs both fixed and variable-rate loans across a range of tenors up to 10 years.
January 20, 2023The move is aimed at ensuring stability in the market and easing tight JGB liquidity in the repo market.
December 2, 2022The BOJ's next phase of CBDC testing will involve Japan's three megabanks as well as regional banks. A digital yen could be issued in 2026.
November 28, 2022ESMA decision will block EU banks from dealing with Indian CCPs after 30 April 2023. India faces similar standoffs with UK and Japanese regulators.
November 14, 2022The results highlight a need for banks to use common assumptions within their models, refine their analysis of individual companies, and enhance their methodologies.
August 29, 2022The FSA and BOJ have started sharing information reported by FIs using common templates and are establishing a new data platform to collect granular data from the industry.
July 18, 2022A shift away from bank deposits may not occur if banks offer "smooth exchange of CBDC and deposits" and "attractive services related to CBDC".
July 15, 2022The HKMA has responded with a 75bp interest rate hike of its own, after intervening overnight to defend the HKD peg to the US dollar.
June 16, 2022Only a small number of JPY LIBOR contracts remain that still need to complete the transition, but USD LIBOR rates are "still widely used" by Japanese FIs and corporates.
June 9, 2022