International

Fintech / Regtech

BondbloX Opens Fractional Bond Trading Platform to Individual Investors

By Editors | 31/10/2023

Until now, only accredited and institutional investors have been allowed to access the BondbloX Bond Exchange platform.

AML / KYC

Elliptic Corrects Media and US Senator over Reporting on Hamas Crypto Funding

By Editors | 31/10/2023

Blockchain analytics firm says the WSJ and Senator Elizabeth Warren misrepresented its research in overstating the funding Hamas received through cryptocurrency.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BIS Publishes Design Guide for Offline CBDC Payments

By Editors | 30/10/2023

The report says the complexity of developing offline payment capabilities for CBDC systems means some challenges and trade-offs cannot be solved easily.

AML / KYC

FATF Adds Bulgaria to Grey List, Removes Four Others

By Manesh Samtani | 30/10/2023

The FATF also agreed to revise its asset recovery and NPO-related recommendations, besides publishing three new reports.

ESG / Sustainability

Global CEOs Calls for More Government Action on Climate

By Editors | 28/10/2023

The Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders calls for streamlined regulatory processes and globally harmonised climate disclosure and measuring standards.

AML / KYC

BAFT Updates Guidelines on Correspondent Banking Relationships

By Editors | 27/10/2023

The guidelines include new sections on ISO 20022 migration and special considerations for money services businesses and fintechs.

Market Infrastructure

Incoming Regulatory Changes in Post Trade Present Significant Challenges

By Julie Feaunati | 26/10/2023

Julie Feaunati discusses the systems and infrastructure changes needed to ensure T+1 readiness and accommodate derivatives trade reporting rule rewrites.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Regulatory Responses to This Year’s Bank Failures

By Sebastian Sohn | 26/10/2023

Sebastian Sohn discusses the lessons learned from bank failures this year and the supervisory and regulatory changes we can expect as a result.

Fintech / Regtech

AI-based SupTech Can Improve Market Integrity: Study

By Manesh Samtani | 25/10/2023

The study highlights the benefits of using AI-based SupTech to improve market integrity, detect misconduct and forecast crises.