Hong Kong
HKMA launches new measures to support struggling SMEs
Authority expands banks’ access to company data and sets up taskforce to handle financing applications
HKMA receives ‘broad support’ for plans to simplify banking system
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank says industry welcomes proposed switch from three tiers to two
Asia’s central bankers bullish over cross-border payments
Policy-makers at Asia Summit also spoke of gradual pick-up in use of local currencies
Eddie Yue reappointed as head of Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Chief executive says HKMA will promote stability amid “complex” economic and geopolitical environment
Banque de France and HKMA to conduct cross-border CBDC test
HKMA is the first non-European central bank to join the Eurosystem’s wholesale DLT settlement trials
Reserve Bank of India plans to take payments system to 20 countries
Peruvian central bank signs agreement to use India’s Unified Payment Interface
China links CBDC to Hong Kong’s fast payments system
Hong Kong residents can top up wallets via 17 retail banks as PBoC continues to promote use
HKMA creates tokenisation advisory group
New group includes BIS Innovation Hub, regulators, academics, banks and tech firms
HKMA publishes sustainable finance taxonomy
Hong Kong extends scope of green bond subsidy and develops climate risk assessment tool
Central banks prepare for the rise of AI
AI will not replace accountability in monetary policy decision-making, MAS chief says
BIS’s Zhang Tao on why Asian central banks favour a broader policy mix
The BIS’s Asia chief speaks with Christopher Jeffery and Jimmy Choi about supporting liquidity, financial stability and innovation in the Asia-Pacific region
MAS launches AML data-sharing platform
Banks can share data on suspicious activities by customers, Singapore’s central bank says
HKMA launches next phase of CBDC pilot and sandbox
Hong Kong project will explore programmability, tokenisation and atomic settlement
HKMA unveils new wholesale CBDC project
De facto central bank to launch sandbox for testing settlement of tokenised deposits
Hong Kong eases homebuying curbs to support real estate market
HKMA relaxes mortgage rules and government removes cooling measures
Philippine central bank launches sustainable finance taxonomy
BSP is Asia’s latest monetary authority to set out framework to help tackle climate crisis
India and Nepal to set up cross-border payments link
Project adds to growing list of similar bilateral initiatives in Asia
Training central bank communicators
The skills needed for communicating in a social media and artificial intelligence world
Hong Kong court orders liquidation of Evergrande
Decision could lead to complex winding-up process for debt-laden Chinese developer
PBoC and HKMA strengthen financial ties
Hong Kong to accept onshore bonds as collateral for RMB funds, as PBoC looks to open up repo market
HKMA proposes easing data-sharing rules between banks
Hong Kong authorities cite need to tackle digital fraud and money laundering more effectively