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Draghi report calls for step change in EU investment
Former ECB chief says bloc should revive securitisation and finish capital markets union to stay competitive
Non-banks in RTGSs: greater efficiency or more risk?
Policy-makers and practitioners from central banks in Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Rwanda and the US share their perspectives
PMA launches instant payments amid Gaza cash shortage
Instant payments rolled out as most banks in Gaza have suffered “partial or total destruction”
BIS project aims to redesign global payments infrastructure
“Most ambitious” innovation hub project to date will test BIS’s “unified ledger” concept
Central banks, FMIs and the ‘green’ agenda
Collective efforts are needed to transform the environmental footprint of payment networks, writes Biagio Bossone
BoE wants stablecoins fully backed with central bank deposits
Systemic stablecoins would have to back issuance with unremunerated deposits
CPMI seeks better governance of fast payment links
Committee embarking on project to build supporting framework for FPS links
CPMI pushes for harmonised cross-border payments data
Launch of minimum standards aims to tackle risk of inconsistent ISO 20022 messaging
FedNow – at last
The instant payment system might help fix the US’s rusty payment rails, but it also faces competition, says Dave Birch
FSB proposes global standard to tackle failed CCPs
Report warns authorities not to rely on any single tool but adopt a “toolbox approach”
Vietnam joins South-east Asian cross-border payment bloc
Six Asian central banks have joined forces to build faster and cheaper cross-border payments
CPMI-Iosco report surveys CCP tools for ‘non-default losses’
Losses from investment risk or cyber attacks could threaten a CCP’s survival, report says
BoE’s RTGS system goes down for nearly six hours
Database problem prevented high-value payment system from opening at usual time
High-frequency traders impose costs on others – BIS paper
Study of dark pools finds HFTs almost never provide liquidity, while raising the cost for all
PBoC eyes further opening of onshore repo for foreign investors
Chinese central bank gives first official signal it is looking at Swap Connect-style scheme for repo
Payments Benchmarks 2023 – executive summary
Payments are undergoing rapid technological change, creating opportunities – and challenges
More central clearing could have eased Covid shock – BoE paper
Efficiencies for dealer balance sheets could allow banks to play greater stabilising role, authors say
China and Hong Kong set to launch Swap Connect
New trading link will make it easier for foreign investors to hedge interest rate risks
Fed triennial study shows rapid growth in electronic payments
ACH payments contributed to 90% of non-cash payment value increases in three years
China and Brazil set up infrastructure for renminbi clearing
Move comes as renminbi overtakes euro as Brazil’s second largest reserve currency
ECB hails launch of new wholesale settlement system
Eurosystem’s new RTGS system and liquidity management tool went live on March 20