Where does Libor live in a bank? Why are banks in Asia not looking at Libor transition seriously? Which bank is racing ahead? It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Libor transition watchers.
*Singapore and Korea team up on fintech
*CFTC proposal offers comfort to non-US entities
*Philippine SEC to regulate shadow banking lending rates
*FASB updates rules on intra-entity asset transfer
*China opens interbank money market to foreign FIs
*OECD finalising BEPS multilateral instrument
*PBoC appoints RMB clearing banks in US, Russia
*China begins direct trading of RMB, Saudi riyal and UAE dirham
*Vietnam ready to start derivatives market
*Huawei enters China’s interbank FX market
*India to review guidelines for commodity hedging overseas
*Thailand to increase transparency for infrastructure funds
Chongqing launches RMB programme with Singapore; Swift and CIPS to cooperate on cross-border interbank payment system; Singapore drops RTC tax rate to 8%; India and Sri Lanka sign $700m currency swap deal; SGE and ...
Regulatory roundup: China allocates regulators for online banking; India and Sri Lanka sign currency swap agreement; Basel revises guidance on account opening
ASEAN institutions have introduced several new facilities that increase access to inter-regional funding with the region; The Reserve Bank of India has added payment verification processes for credit cards; and China ...
China and Singapore have been left off a new list of countries exempted by the US from oil trade with Iran. The decision appears to be made based on the reduced volume of trade conducted, but the US has been cagey to ...