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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    JPX Starts Using Blockchain Tech to Settle Rubber Futures Deliveries

    By Editors | 31/01/2023

    The new system digitises delivery orders required for the physical delivery of rubber when futures contracts expire, thereby enhancing settlement efficiency.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    BOJ Examines Use of Privacy Enhancing Technologies for CBDC

    By Mark Johnston | 29/01/2023

    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.

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    Enforcement

    Morgan Stanley Fines Staff Over Use of Messaging Platforms

    By Editors | 27/01/2023

    The penalties ranged from several thousand dollars for some staff to more than USD 1 million for others, cut from past bonuses or future pay.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    New Network Launches to Facilitate Stablecoin, CBDC Transfers

    By Editors | 27/01/2023

    Several Tier 1 banks are participating in POCs to test the Universal Digital Payment Network (UDPN) for cross-border transfers and swaps.

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    Big Picture

    Tokenisation Can Threaten Financial System Stability: Denis Beau

    By Mark Johnston | 25/01/2023

    Banque de France official says tokenisation increases operational risks, especially cyber risks, and needs to be regulated “as swiftly as possible”.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    BIS Paper Offers Technical Model for Assessing DeFi Risks

    By Editors | 24/01/2023

    The paper highlights the intertwined nature of DeFi protocols, the dependencies they can have on stablecoins, and how such dependencies can present vulnerabilities.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    NAB to Launch AUD Stablecoin Around Mid Year

    By Manesh Samtani | 20/01/2023

    NAB plans allow clients to use the stablecoin for repo transactions, cross-border remittances, and carbon credits trading.

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    Multilateral Platforms Will Benefit Cross-Border Payments

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/01/2023

    New paper from the BIS, IMF and World Bank assesses the benefits and challenges associated with using multilateral platforms for cross-border payments.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    China Releases New Data Standards for Public Fund Disclosures

    By Editors | 18/01/2023

    Funds should use technology to standardise and digitise disclosures of information on publicly-offered securities investment funds.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Non-Resident Indians Allowed to Make UPI Transfers

    By Editors | 17/01/2023

    NPCI said NRIs in ten jurisdictions can use the UPI platform to digitally transfer funds, using their international mobile numbers.

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