Payments system risk
Stablecoins’ would-be lawgivers don’t know what they’re missing
Bills in US Congress focus on run risk, but more detail needed on operational challenges
Predicting payment migration in Canada
The authors employ historical LVTS and ACSS data and use the discrete choice demand estimation approach to uncover end users’ and financial institutions’ preferences when deciding which payment instruments and payment systems, respectively, to use.
Top 10 op risks 2020: IT disruption
Risk of downed systems, from hack or outage, continues to make op risk managers fret
Stoplight system could spot imminent meltdowns – study
Proposed traffic light system sifts through transaction data for signs of trouble
Top 10 op risks 2019: IT disruption
Cyber attacks present multi-faceted threat, but banks and regulators are fighting back
Paper calls for action on payment ‘free-riding’ in Colombia
Country’s financial corporations most likely to prefer to rely on others’ liquidity to fund payments
Digital Asset enters healthcare as blockchain questions grow
Masters’ firm quietly moves beyond finance; works with PNC Bank
Experts question CPMI-Iosco cyber guidance
Speedy settlement and resumption of services after cyber attack could be counterproductive
LCH payments system raises concentration concerns
Most cash payments to the CCP routed via just two banks, sources claim
US regulators 'hostile' to digital currencies
EU regulators have yet to consider their approach to currencies such as Bitcoin
Bitcoin, money laundering and compliance risk
Small but growing, electronic currencies promise privacy and anonymity for users – and plenty of new issues for banks
Greek reversion to drachma easier than euro conversion, say analysts
If Greece were to leave the eurozone it would have to establish a new currency in record time; analysts explain how the process would be simpler today due to technological advances
Interbank settlements: the cash must flow
The cash must flow
Eurozone crisis prompts Euro1 payment service to cut credit floors
Interbank payment service will reduce minimum credit line to €2 million
Bank of England aims to cut op risk exposure to payment systems
Moves to overhaul Chaps will cut risk for central bank as well as members, says Chris Salmon, chief cashier at the Bank of England
Payments providers split over Sepa end dates
Comments released by the European Commission show that European institutions and banking associations disagree over Sepa proposals to seperate end dates
Fed proposes changes to PSR policy
Daily news headlines