Fintech / Regtech

Fintech / Regtech

UBS, SBI, DBS Use Digital Bond in Cross-border Repo Trade

By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2023

The transaction involved a repo to borrow tokenised JPY against a natively-issued JPY digital bond. The tokenised JPY was used to finance the repurchase of the same bond.

Fintech / Regtech

IMF Says CBDCs Can Replace Cash; Unveils Handbook

By Nithya Subramanian | 15/11/2023

IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva said that public sector should prepare to deploy CBDCs and prepare platforms that facilitate cross-border payments.

Fintech / Regtech

Philippines to Press On with Bank Digitalisation 

By Jill Wong | 15/11/2023

The Philippines is ready to push forward the digitalization of cash payments as part of its inclusive finance model.

Fintech / Regtech

Singapore to Leverage AI for Sustainability-linked Loan Issuance

By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2023

Singapore’s Project NovA! consortium has developed MVP that uses AI to address the challenges of issuing sustainability-linked loans in the real estate sector.

Crypto / Digital Assets

SC Ventures, FundBridge to Create First Tokenised SGD Government Bond Fund

By Editors | 15/11/2023

FundBridge Capital will use a new tokenisation platform known as Libeara to create the tokenised Singapore dollar government bond fund.

Press Release

Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2023 – Results Announcement

By Editors | 15/11/2023

Regulation Asia held its sixth annual Awards ceremony on 14 November 2023. Here we explain our methodology and announce the winners for the year.

Fintech / Regtech

CSRC Seeks Greater Standardisation in Securities, Futures Industry

By Editors | 13/11/2023

Greater standardisation will ultimately reduce overall costs to market participants in the securities and futures industry, the CSRC said.

Fintech / Regtech

RBI Seeking to Explore Linkage Between UPI and Japan

By Ajoy K Das | 12/11/2023

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said a fast payment linkage between India and Japan could help make cross-border payments more efficient and less costly.

Capital / Liquidity

BIS Paper Addresses Supervisory Challenges of LEX Standard

By Manesh Samtani | 10/11/2023

The paper says automated tools can make supervisory oversight of the LEX standard more efficient, and additional international guidance could help harmonise practices.