A leaked set of proposals indicates the European Commission is looking to introduce an EU-wide digital finance framework to hep regulate crypto-asset activities.
September 22, 2020A new NGFS workstream being created will identify missing data items needed for effective climate-related and environmental risk analysis.
September 7, 2020The unified payment solution for consumers and merchants across Europe will encompass a payment card, digital wallet, and online and P2P payments.
July 6, 2020The project will explore the use of electronic money and digital currency to make banks and cashless payments services interoperable, and could evolve into the introduction of the 'digital yen'.
June 4, 2020SWIFT will provide new market practice guidelines and free validation and translation software to mitigate the impact of the ISO 20022 delay on EU banks.
May 22, 2020The associations have cited impacts from Covid-19 and SWIFT's decisions to delay ISO 20022 migration for cross-border payments as the primary reasons for the requested delay.
May 17, 2020The request follows a March decision by SWIFT’s Board to extend the original timeline for implementation of ISO 20022 for cross-border payments by one year to end-2022.
May 6, 2020Australian banks are well-capitalised and have the ability to pay dividends, says RBA governor Philip Lowe. ANZ, Westpac and NAB are reportedly engaging with APRA on the issue.
April 23, 2020ECB officials are concerned that the coronavirus pandemic will trigger a surge in NPLs that could hamper banks’ ability to lend.
April 22, 2020HSBC and Standard Chartered are among the banks that have scrapped their 2019/2020 dividends and agreed not to buy back shares.
April 2, 2020