Book contributions by Joasia E. Popowicz
Articles by Joasia E. Popowicz
MAS defends AML supervision in wake of billion-dollar scandal
Credit Suisse, Citi, DBS and Deutsche Bank among firms implicated
Kazakhstan central bank governor replaced with presidential staffer
Move comes amid flurry of new appointments made this year
Kazakhstan joins mBridge project
NBK joins cross-border CBDC project as an observer
Swift tokenisation experiments connect multiple blockchains
Banks and FMIs working towards 24/7 global asset trading settlement and servicing
Policy transmission weak in Caucasus and central Asia – IMF
Recommendations include improved communications, and intraday and overdraft credit facilities
Hungary’s gamified CBDC pilot designed for children
Student Safe project is the first live retail CBDC pilot in Europe
SEC targets NFTs in enforcement action
Two commissioners dissent from first SEC action against NFT issuer
Bank of Canada’s Maryam Haghighi on quantum computing in central banks
The director of data science talks about post-quantum encryption, payments simulation and optimisation problems, and how the quantum work is happening in a multidisciplinary way
Fed rate hikes propel ‘crypto cycle’ – IMF paper
Monetary policy more correlated with institutional investment in tech than finance
Quantum computing and AI threaten financial system, Fed says
Ransomware groups seek to “exert maximum pressure on victim organisations”
BIS attacks crypto in report to G20 officials
But report promotes DLT for use in cross-border wholesale CBDC
BIS reports gaps in CBDC cyber security modelling
Over 90% of central banks now working on a CBDC project, survey finds
FATF finds global crypto AML failures
Most jurisdictions “struggle with fundamental requirements”
BoE and BIS develop digital currency APIs
Bank of Canada, Central Bank of Hungary, Visa, Mastercard and Amazon involved
Central bankers warn of systemic cyber risk
Central Banking Summer Meetings: Officials recommend automating configuration checks
The winners of the 2023 FinTech RegTech Global Awards
Sixth annual tech awards recognise excellence among central banks and the private sector
Ukrainian hackers claim attack on Russian banks
Cyber attack targets Bank of Russia’s interbank system, disrupting payments
SEC charges Binance and Coinbase
World’s largest crypto exchanges accused of illegal operations at expense of investors
Iosco sets out global crypto regulation
International group of regulators targets conflicts of interest in the industry
European Council adopts Mica regulation
Crypto legal framework covers issuers and service providers but not defi
UK regulator and police raid crypto ATM sites
There are no legally registered crypto ATMs in the UK
Fintech Benchmarks 2023 – presentation
Specialist Joasia E. Popowicz discusses CBDCs, cyber security, AI/ML in regtech, suptech and cloud computing
BoE and BIS test synchronised DLT settlement
Prototype leaves open legality of digitised asset transfer
US Treasury releases defi risk assessment
Lax adherence to AML/CFT requirements allows criminals to launder money