Tech and data
Riksbank to work with Accenture on e-krona pilot
First year will see development of user interface for mobile, card and watch-based payments
CBDC talk has been “overhyped” – former RBI deputy
Focus on retail CBDCs is potential distraction from core central banking functions, says Sinha
Vanguard: automation is great until it doesn’t work
Andy Maack, head of FX trading, talks about the future of trading, algos and diversity
GFMA: expect new trade lifecycle technology to surface in 2020
FX industry will see more use cases for algos, AI, distributed ledger technology and order routing
Refinitiv: innovation in 2020 will be evolutionary, not revolutionary
Firms will focus on ongoing projects before embarking on market-changing initiatives
Citi: e-FX matching engine goes live in Singapore
The bank will expand the e-FX offering to more products after spot debut
Central banks should collaborate on multicurrency CBDC – research
Lithuania’s central bank notes national CBDC projects will not solve global payment inefficiencies
OKEx expands crypto derivatives offering
Malta-based digital asset exchange upgrades trading architecture, with eye on futures and options trading
Banque de France to launch CBDC experiments in 2020
De Galhau says new directorate will consider using wholesale CBDC for tokenised asset transactions
BidFX eyes expansion in execution tools and algos
Buy-side focus on FX exposure will drive development
Avelacom reduces London to Hong Kong latency to 150ms
Improvements to the firm’s network are part of its increased focus on Asia
Artificial intelligence in FX ‘may be hype’
Relevance for AI in foreign exchange does not stack up compared with other classes
Avelacom adds multi-cloud connectivity for crypto traders
Direct links set up in each location “jump” from points of presence to a cloud in under a millisecond
Focus on cross-border payments, not CBDC – Bundesbank
German central bank board member says prioritise “fast and efficient” payment network over digital currency
360T launches streaming NDFs
Technology is designed to facilitate entry of bank algos into growing non-deliverable forwards market
Singapore may allow trading in bitcoin-based derivatives
MAS opens consultation on proposal to allow trading of “payment token derivatives”
Interest-bearing CBDCs could solve welfare trade-off – IMF paper
Making CBDCs interest-bearing would avoid dangers to cash use or bank deposits
iBanFirst expands with NBWM acquisition
More than 1,000 clients will gain access to a variety of FX products and services
Credit Suisse uses neural nets to call minute-ahead FX
Bank encases AI in ‘control framework’ to curb risk and will stick to micro timeframe for now
Crypto assets may force central banks into policy synchronisation
Paper examines the impact a global crypto asset would have on the “impossible trinity”
Afme calls for pan-European crypto-asset taxonomy
Industry body urges EU lawmakers and stakeholders to become leaders in delivering common regulatory framework for digital assets
CLS introduces first data product for FX forwards market
In the past, CLS only provided data products for the FX spot market
Benoît Coeuré to head BIS innovation hub unit
Senior ECB official is highly regarded for work on payments and has warned of need for change
Singapore develops multi-currency blockchain network
Prototype developed in tandem with JP Morgan and Temasek enables payments to be carried out in different currencies