International

Crypto / Digital Assets

FSB Outlines 2026 Agenda Targeting Crypto, NBFI, Regulatory Alignment

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/11/2025

The FSB will prioritise aligning national regulations, tackling risks in non-banks and stablecoins, and improving cross-border resolution frameworks.

ESG / Sustainability

Major Banks Endorse ICC Sustainable Trade Finance Principles

By Mark Johnston | 20/11/2025

UOB, BNP Paribas and SocGen are among the new cohort of firms adopting the ICC Principles for Sustainable Trade Finance.

Capital / Liquidity

IAIS to Tackle Risks From Alternative Assets, Reinsurance

By Manesh Samtani | 19/11/2025

IAIS will enhance monitoring, develop new guidance and review standards after finding concentrated exposures in some insurers and markets.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Citi, Swift Demonstrate Hybrid Fiat-Digital Settlement Model to Mitigate FX Risk

By Mark Johnston | 19/11/2025

The pilot demonstrates how existing infrastructure can support synchronised payment-versus-payment settlement across traditional and distributed ledger networks.

Crypto / Digital Assets

The Great Bitcoin Freeze: How the DOJ Snatched $15bn from a Cambodian Crypto Empire

By Nathan Lynch | 19/11/2025

Amid the excitement about the DOJ's record $15bn bitcoin seizure from Prince Group one question still remains unanswered: how did US authorities obtain assets held in cryptographically secure cold storage wallets?

Securities / Derivatives

BIS Unveils 'Project Rio' Platform for Real-time FX Market Monitoring

By Manesh Samtani | 19/11/2025

New open-source tool developed with central banks aims to provide market insights with sub-two-second latency for policymakers.

Securities / Derivatives

IOSCO Proposes Update to Fund Valuation Rules, Targeting Illiquid Assets

By Manesh Samtani | 18/11/2025

IOSCO consults on 13 recommendations focusing on governance, conflicts of interest, and fair value for complex fund holdings.

Market Infrastructure

FSB Spotlights Bank Resolution Tools, Cross-border Hurdles for APAC

By Manesh Samtani | 18/11/2025

New paper outlines practices for using 'transfer tools' in bank failures, citing a Malaysian case study and ongoing cross-border challenges.

Sanctions

Binance, OKX Processed Illicit Crypto Despite US Oversight: ICIJ

By Editors | 18/11/2025

An investigation found the exchanges handled hundreds of millions in tainted funds after pleading guilty to AML violations.