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Capital Controls Slowing Down Cross-Border Payments: CPMI
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/02/2022
Using SWIFT gpi datasets, CPMI identified capital controls, longer bank offline hours, and batch processing as factors that slow down cross-border payments.
Fintech / Regtech
FSB Working on Global Regulatory Framework for Crypto
By Manesh Samtani | 11/02/2022
The FSB is reportedly “going full steam” on the issue of developing global regulatory standards for the crypto asset market.
Big Picture
Banks with Shadow Loans Face Higher Funding Costs
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/02/2022
A new BIS paper finds that banks with high shadow loans face higher funding costs in the wholesale market and witness lower returns during market stress.
AML / KYC
EU Due Diligence Proposal Expected Before end-February
By ESG Investor | 10/02/2022
Investors and companies are urging the European Commission to adopt supply chain scrutiny rules “without further delay”.
Fintech / Regtech
SETL, Digital Asset to Create Regulated Network for Tokens
By Editors | 10/02/2022
The network will enable central banks and regulated institutions to create tokens for customers, where each token will represent a regulated liability.
Capital / Liquidity
GHOS Reaffirms Commitment to Timely Basel III Implementation
By Manesh Samtani | 10/02/2022
The outstanding reforms will help to restore credibility in bank capital ratios, said Pablo Hernández de Cos, who has been reappointed as chair of the BCBS.
AML / KYC
GLEIF Publishes Governance Details for Digitally Verifiable LEI
By Manesh Samtani | 08/02/2022
The vLEI Ecosystem Governance Framework is part of an initiative to ensure that every legal entity has a digital identity that can be trusted and easily verified.
ESG / Sustainability
How Asset Managers Are Using New Sustainability Taxonomies
By Mark Uhrynuk | 07/02/2022
Mark Uhrynuk and Alexander Burdulia discuss taxonomies that have been developed, how asset managers are already applying them, and the associated challenges.
Fintech / Regtech
UK Issues Tax Guidance for DeFi Lending & Staking
By Editors | 07/02/2022
CryptoUK says the approach would create an “unnecessary burden” for crypto investors and create tax compliance confusion.
ESG / Sustainability
PRI Calls for ISSB Prototype to go Further on Materiality
By ESG Investor | 07/02/2022
The PRI also recommends improvements with regard to interoperability, presentation of disclosure requirements and implementation.
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