To date, the 13 foreign banks with branches in Myanmar have only been allowed to lend to foreign entities in the country, and only in foreign currencies.
November 13, 2018Nine banks will use Fujitsu technology to test the ability of a custom digital currency to achieve low-cost performance of real-time gross settlement for small-scale transactions.
October 31, 2018Forty years since the 1978 peace treaty marked by a series of MoUs between central banks, securities regulators, stock exchanges and industry bodies, among others.
October 29, 2018The Interbank Information Network (IIN) now has 76 participating banks; it seeks to use blockchain tech to reduce the time correspondent banks spend responding to inquiries that delay payments.
October 1, 2018A trader placed multiple large orders on CME and CBOT futures contracts from Mizuho's Singapore office with no intention of executing them.
September 25, 2018SEC alleged that Mizuho failed to prevent traders sharing stock buyback information pertaining to its issuer clients with each other and with hedge fund clients.
July 26, 2018The agreement will strengthen cross-border investor protection and assist financial institutions with cross-border bond issuance.
December 26, 2017Stricter capital rules under Basel III guidelines may curb the ability of Japan's biggest banks to raise dividend payout to investors in the future.
February 6, 2014