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ECB signals tougher stance on FX settlement risk
Trader penalties and client exposure limits suggested in new central bank guidance
Eurochain: CBDC project seeks secure anonymity
Proof of concept blends anonymity with AML/CFT regulation
Central banks should collaborate on multicurrency CBDC – research
Lithuania’s central bank notes national CBDC projects will not solve global payment inefficiencies
ECB: Libra a “black hole” of legal certainty
But current global standards fit for purpose to underpin digital assets
ECB and PBoC renew bilateral currency swap
Euro-renminbi currency swap agreement will stay in place until October 2022
Bankers are ignoring crypto assets’ flaws – expert
Technologists are more worried than financiers by problems, expert tells IMF panel
RBC: yield differentials will favour dollar over others
Despite falling US interest rates, the dollar will remain a high-yielding currency
ECB prepares for ‘big-bang’ move to new market infrastructure
Eurozone's payments, instant payments and securities settlement systems will merge by end of 2021
Swift conducts 13-second cross-border payment
Trials complete payments from origination through to clearing and settlement within seconds
ECB’s Cœuré weighs stablecoin risks
Executive board member calls for improved global payment systems while preserving global policy priorities
Regulators meet in Basel to grill stablecoin backers
Conference convened by G7 stablecoin group includes Libra Association, Fnality and JP Morgan
FX volatility rouses from hibernation
Volatility picks up on back of fluctuating US-China trade tensions and central bank easing
ECB to assess Croatian banks in euro membership prep
Croatia could join the eurozone by 2024
Central banks need better crypto asset data – ECB research
Links between crypto assets and regulated financial sector may increase and challenge regulatory frameworks
City Index: yuan to hit seven within a month
China’s yuan has not seen such levels for more than a decade, but trade war with US induces flirtation
Rabobank: dollar to strengthen on Fed’s slow rate cutting
Fears of slowdown in emerging markets and rate cuts by other G10 central banks will contribute to greenback’s strength
Trump lashes out at Libra
US president says Facebook’s system will need a banking licence if it wants to be a bank
Internationalisation of euro pushes ECB to rethink policy
Wider euro use forces policy-makers to consider ever more global factors in monetary policy analysis
Facebook unveils new ‘currency’
Social media group plans to “reinvent money” with payment system backed by liquid reserves
Asset managers urged to commit to FX Global Code
Firms risk hit to reputation by not signing standards on market practice, investment manager says
ECB: EU must improve capital markets to boost euro as global reserve
ECB cannot “unequivocally” say euro becoming global reserve would help monetary policy, says Cœuré