Capital Planning/Stress Testing

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) may gather more regulatory powers over Singapore’s financial services sector with the introduction of a new Bill this week.

As the fight against climate change continues to expand in industry upon industry, many of the big players in finance are readjusting their policies to ensure they can aid the fight.

Four financial regulators in the UK have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets out the framework the authorities use to cooperate in relation to UK payment systems.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has secured changes to potentially damaging terms in the contracts providing by a select number of buy now, pay later (BNPL) firms.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has stated it sees ‘no need’ to allow banks to exclude central bank exposures from their leverage ratios beyond March this year.

The UK’s European Affairs Committee in the House of Lords has launched an inquiry into how the UK and EU’s relationship in the financial services sector.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released five whitepapers detailing assessment methodologies to help guide responsible use of AI in financial services.

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has unveiled a public consultation on repositioning Thailand’s financial sector to succeed in a sustainable digital economy.

Opinium has found 91% of UK citizens want the government to focus on the future stability of the financial system rather than to promote international competitiveness post-Brexit.

The Indian government has revealed it plans to launch a digital rupee in 2023 to deal with the growing demand for digital transactions in the country.