The Japanese consortium adds nearly 100 more companies, including banks, to the growing list of firms that support the TCFD recommendations on climate risk disclosures.
May 17, 2019In preparation for this year's FATF review, Japanese banks will reportedly terminate counter services for overseas remittances that bypass bank accounts.
May 6, 2019The new capability will improve transparency, shorten resolution time and reduce manual intervention to resolve issues that arise along the payments chain.
May 3, 2019Foreign funding will support growing demand for financing and help banks upgrade loan screening and data systems.
February 5, 2019To 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, 2018Pilot participants of SWIFT enhanced gpi standard include 10 multinational corporates and 12 banks; new standard to enable multinational firms to initiate and track gpi payments to and from banks in a single format and integrate payment flows with internal...
July 29, 2018