International

Anti-Money Laundering

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.

Clearing & Post-Trade

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.

Liquidity Risk

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.

AI Risk & Governance

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.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Philippines: Immigration Officer Jailed for Falsifying Wirecard COO Travel Records

By Mark Johnston | 25/10/2023

The immigration officer was sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with travel records for Jan Marsalek, who is wanted by INTERPOL.

Payments & Settlements

Wolfsberg Group Updates Payment Transparency Standards

By Editors | 25/10/2023

The updated Standards support the use of the LEI in global payments, which GLEIF welcomed as a “strong endorsement”.

Cybersecurity

Europol Explores How Quantum Computing Will Impact Law Enforcement

By Mark Johnston | 24/10/2023

Europol report says law enforcement agencies need to build up their knowledge and transition to post-quantum cryptography.

Credit Risk

New Paper Sheds Light on CCP Credit Risk Management Practices

By Manesh Samtani | 23/10/2023

The paper from CCP Global provides information on how CCPs conduct ongoing credit monitoring to make informed risk assessments and safeguard market integrity.

Custody & Infrastructure

StanChart, Deutsche Complete First UDPN Proof of Concept

By Editors | 23/10/2023

The UDPN messaging system is designed to provide interoperability between stablecoins and CBDCs, similar to how the SWIFT network facilitates bank transactions.