Financial Stability Board

Payments & Settlements

PBOC Forges Ahead with Market Opening, Offshore Use of Yuan

By Editors | 22/10/2024

Lu Lei says the PBOC will stay steadfast on further opening up the market for more foreign participation, and promote the interlinking of payment systems.

Operational Risk

FSB Proposes Common Format for Reporting Operational Incidents

By Editors | 18/10/2024

The FSB has published for consultation a common format which can be used by financial firms to report operational incidents.

Structural Regulation

NY Fed Launches New Panel to Bolster Resiliency of Benchmarks

By Editors | 30/09/2024

The so-called “Reference Rate Use Committee” will work to foster industry engagement on issues related to the use of interest rate benchmarks in the post-LIBOR world.

Liquidity Risk

BCBS Advances Follow-up Response to 2023 Banking Turmoil

By Editors | 25/09/2024

The BCBS has finalised a new report on the lessons learned from the 2023 banking turmoil, focusing on liquidity risk. The report will be published next month.

Payments & Settlements

Japan Backs FSB Plan to Streamline Cross-border Payments

By Thisanka Siripala | 12/09/2024

However, the Japanese Bankers Association is calling for incentives to help boost the adoption of LEIs, which are currently costly and complex to implement.

Payments & Settlements

CBA, BNY Enable Real-Time Cross-Border Payments

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/08/2024

The new arrangement enables the AUD leg of inbound cross-border payments to be processed in under a minute.

Cryptocurrency

India Has “No Proposal” to Regulate Crypto Beyond Tax, AML

By Ajoy K Das | 09/08/2024

MOF official told Parliament the government will coordinate with global standard-setting bodies before considering any measures domestically.

Cryptocurrency

India to Issue Policy Paper on Crypto ‘Before September’

By Ajoy K Das | 30/07/2024

The paper will include proposals on the scope of cryptocurrency regulations, based on the IMF-FSB roadmap adopted by the G20 last year.

Stablecoins

Emerging Markets Particularly Vulnerable to Stablecoin Risks: FSB

By Editors | 24/07/2024

New FSB report says EMDEs are particularly vulnerable to macro-financial risks associated with the use of foreign currency-pegged stablecoins.