Digital & Resilience
February 4, 2022
BIS Innovation hub adds CBDCs, DeFi and payment systems to project list
New projects centred on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), next generation payments systems and decentralised finance (DeFi) are to be...
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February 3, 2022
Central banks delving into finer details of CBDCs
The debate over digital currencies restarted with a bang in January as central banks rushed out a raft of new...
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February 2, 2022
IIF calls on FSB to minimise market fragmentation
When pursuing regulatory initiatives, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) should aim to reduce market fragmentation as much as possible, said...
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February 1, 2022
UK legal system risks lagging in technological advances
Professor Richard Susskind recently called for the establishment of a National Institute for Legal Innovation: to co-ordinate and intensify the...
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January 6, 2022
Chinese companies face tougher rules for offshore listings
Mainland Chinese platform companies seeking to list their shares abroad will have to pass a cyber security review beforehand if...
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January 6, 2022
AMF’s 2022 priorities include engaging with Europe and promoting sustainable finance
In a statement on January 5, 2022, the AMF said it will provide technical support to the six-month French presidency...
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December 13, 2021
FINMA encourages Swiss crypto boom
Switzerland has emerged as a hotbed of blockchain innovation and is pioneering capital market technologies thanks to the benign regulatory...
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November 18, 2021
FINMA sees real estate as top threat to the Swiss financial system
Six significant risks to Switzerland’s financial system have been identified in the 2021 Risk Monitor from the Swiss Financial Market...
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September 28, 2021
BIS warns supervisors to wake up to AI risks
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the global financial services industry. According to the UK’s national hub for data science...
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September 28, 2021
UK seeks to reboot City of London growth with regulatory tweaks
Some performance slippage is blamed on the UK’s exit from the EU, but geography is playing a role too, with...
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September 16, 2021
Bank involvement in digital assets could impact their credit ratings
Digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies, are set to become embedded into the US financial landscape, according to Fitch Ratings, which...
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