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MAS uses machine learning to spot market manipulation – Central Banking
“The Monetary Authority of Singapore has started using an advanced data science tool named Apollo to help enforcement officers detect misconduct in financial markets, the central bank said in its inaugural enforcement report.”
tags: MachineLearning Regulation Blog
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FSB publishes directory of crypto-assets regulators – Financial Stability Board
“The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today a Crypto-assets regulators directory. The purpose of the directory is to provide information on the relevant regulators and other authorities in FSB jurisdictions and international bodies who are dealing with crypto-asset issues, and the aspects covered by them.”
tags: CryptoAssets Regulation Blog
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Sovereign risk weights cannot wait
Despite the prominence of bank-sovereign doom loop risk, especially in the eurozone in 2011–12, the response of regulators to bank holdings of sovereign debt has lagged other aspects of the post-crisis reforms. It is still possible for domestic supervisors to allow banks to hold zero capital against home sovereign exposures under the standardised approach to credit risk.
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Now There’s a Canadian Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin on the Way
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare is launching a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Canadian dollar. The exchange plans potential roles for its new “eCAD” token in cross-border payments and remittance, peer-to-peer lending, merchant payment solutions, as well as trade settlements and forex conversions.
tags: Blog Stablecoins AltCoins CryptoAssets
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Barclays, RBS, R3 Cut Property Transaction Times in Blockchain Trial
Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), enterprise blockchain firm R3 and other participants have completed a blockchain trial that they say resulted in faster property transactions.
tags: Blog Blockchain
Daily Digest 04/05/2019
