Financial market infrastructure
HKMA creates tokenisation advisory group
New group includes BIS Innovation Hub, regulators, academics, banks and tech firms
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
Minneapolis Fed study cites credit barriers for Native Americans
Authors say indigenous-owned businesses suffer unduly from limited access to loans
Local banks key to mitigating climate-related risks – BDE paper
Study finds “outsider” banks less responsive to needs of companies affected by wildfires
Philippine central bank launches sustainable finance taxonomy
BSP is Asia’s latest monetary authority to set out framework to help tackle climate crisis
CBDCs may require hard limits, Netherlands Bank paper finds
Study says digital currencies could make people better off if transitions are well-managed
Banking deserts increase in ‘majority-minority’ areas of US
Dearth of facilities disproportionately affects non-white citizens and people with disabilities
US CBDC ‘could enhance dollar’s international role’
Fed research claims issuing digital currency could increase demand for dollars more generally
Philippine central bank may issue wholesale CBDC in two years
However, governor rules out using blockchain-based technology for digital peso
Monetary policy shocks ‘amplified by financial integration’
Expansionary policy in one country leads to contraction in another, BoC researchers find
Large cap on Canadian CBDC curbs disintermediation
Central bank paper says currency will benefit rural populations underserved by commercial banks
BoE puts American spin on fix for FRTB’s govvies dilemma
Four jurisdictions find four different ways to resolve Basel market risk capital quirk