Financial market infrastructure
MAS to conduct quantum security trials with major banks
Experiments on quantum key distribution aim to enhance financial sector’s cyber resilience
HKMA launches GenAI sandbox
Authority encourages banks to test use cases such as improved risk management and anti-fraud efforts
Philippines to issue up to four more digital bank licences
New entrants must bring new services to the table, central bank says
BSP launches fully automated intraday settlement facility
Central bank aims to ease gridlocks in fund transfers via its real-time gross settlement system
AI, quantum computing and tokenisation set to transform finance – Menon
But significant barriers remain preventing the technologies from unlocking their full potential
Irish central banker acknowledges ‘valid’ criticism of Dora timeline
New digital resilience regulation criticised for not giving firms enough time to comply
MAS expands asset tokenisation initiatives
Central bank publishes white paper on shared ledger system, and expands ‘Project Guardian’
SNB carries out first tokenised monetary policy operation
Central bank issued $72 million in bonds on DLT settled in wholesale CBDC
Financial statement revisions can predict bank instability – research
Central Bank of Brazil researchers looked at 7.4 million financial items from 1,812 banks
Eurosystem completes first DLT experiment
Austrian central bank settled “mock transaction” on distributed ledger technology
HKMA creates tokenisation advisory group
New group includes BIS Innovation Hub, regulators, academics, banks and tech firms
Fed releases guidance on third-party services
Fed board warns of possible operational, compliance, financial and strategic risks
RBA report looks at cross-border payments
Multilateral platform would be more scalable than bilateral links, Australian central bank says
Stress-test failures increase banks’ M&A scrutiny, Fed research finds
US lenders’ merger-related activity improves if they have failed tests, authors say
ECB says iPhone is currently incompatible with digital euro
Apple users may have worse digital euro payments experience – Cipollone
RBNZ seeks views on design of ‘digital cash’
New Zealand central bank continues proof-of-concept work on “private and secure” CBDC
Bank of Italy study looks at regulating finance firms’ tech risks
European authorities’ efforts have increased sector’s operational resilience, researchers find
Green bonds have negative premium, Italian study finds
Negative “greenium” widened during Covid-19 pandemic, researchers say
Elections influence bank lending in eurozone, study finds
Bank of Finland research suggests pre-poll uncertainty raises cost of loans
HKMA unveils new wholesale CBDC project
De facto central bank to launch sandbox for testing settlement of tokenised deposits
Thailand forges ahead with virtual banking
BoT to accept applications to open virtual banks from March 20
Irish central bank says payments strategy needs drastic change
Deputy governor says sector is slow to change and backs draft “access to cash” law
RBA seeks citizens’ ideas for redesigned A$5 note
Bank asks Australians to submit proposals for theme reflecting indigenous cultures
Standardised FRTB leaves banks befuddled on residual risk
Benchmarking exercises find “weak consensus” among banks over notional values for exotics