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Consumer lending and risk diversification: the potential market for credit securitization and credit derivatives in Nigeria
Nigeria is inadvertently developing a tradeable underlying asset in credit obligations. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) drive to push bank loans…
23 June 2020
Key lessons learned as UK’s AML regulator shows its teeth
Only four months after the the United Kingdom’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) issued a £20.47 million penalty against Standard…
23 June 2020
Estonia’s cryptocurrency crackdown
Syedur Rahman of Rahman Ravelli outlines the Estonian authorities’ tougher new approach to cryptoassets. Estonia has cancelled 500 cryptocurrency…
23 June 2020
A framework for synthetic STS securitisation - A snapshot of recent developments
In May 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its long-awaited report (EBA/OP/2020/07) (EBA/OP/2020/07) on the feasibility of extending…
23 June 2020
The OCC’S ANPR on Digital Banking: Is this a Harbinger for Digital and Open Banking in the US?
The office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on June 3, 2020, focusing on digital…
19 June 2020
European Banking Authority Announces 10-Point Action Plan on Cum-Ex/Cum-Cum
On 12 May 2020, in response to the so-called Cum-Ex Files, the EBA published its report on competent authorities' approaches to market integrity risks…
18 June 2020
Back to the Future for the OCC Under New Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks
Less than one month ago, Brian Brooks assumed the position of Acting Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Upon taking…
18 June 2020
European Parliament Calls for New EU Common Framework for Cryptoassets
An ECON draft report on digital finance recommends legislative action in relation to cryptoassets and cyber resilience and a framework for digital…
17 June 2020
Cryptocurrency Regulations in times of COVID-19: A boon or bane to India?
Launched soon after the 2008 financial crisis, the first ever cryptocurrency that took the world by storm was the "Bitcoin." Since then, over 3,000…
15 June 2020
INDIA: The balancing act between innovation and regulation in SEBI's regulatory sandbox
There is a "trust deficit" among the masses - deficit in trusting and subsequently using FinTech products in their daily lives. This notion is a…
15 June 2020
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