Entries for 'Digital Assets'
August 22, 2023
This week’s Digital Finance Developments explores fintech policies in Singapore, including how Singapore is promoting the responsible use of some emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, and also developing more specific regulations for others, like digital assets.
August 10, 2023
The July IIF Digital Asset Forum examined efforts to forge a strong foundational architecture for digital money and tokenization, discussing critical governance and operational questions raised by international institutions’ visions for this future digital financial infrastructure.
July 11, 2023
This week’s Digital Finance Developments considers the recent European Union digital finance policy announcements, highlighting that the overlapping effects of these multi-faceted policy proposals will need to be carefully studied and likely be felt beyond Europe.
June 12, 2023
In this week's episode of Current Account, Clay dives into a topic at the forefront of the minds of many - digital asset regulation in the United Stat...
June 7, 2023
The May IIF Digital Asset Forum examined the evolution of public and private forms of money and digital assets’ place in this landscape, the effect of CBDCs on global liquidity, and the impact design choices for underlying technologies could have on the usability of different assets.
May 16, 2023
This week’s Digital Finance Developments explores recent changes to the regulation of crypto-assets around the world, highlighting the U.S., while noting the struggles policymakers face in developing comprehensive standards.
May 3, 2023
April's edition of the Digital Finance Download. A monthly update of significant developments in digital finance around the globe.
April 27, 2023
The April IIF Digital Asset Forum examined business model considerations for the financial industry under various technology and monetary system approaches to digital assets. Participants discussed opportunities to scale tokenization projects and the importance of preventing fragmentation.
March 3, 2023
This briefing provides insights on critical issues in the development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and private digital assets from two IIF-Elevandi roundtables with financial service leaders during the Singapore Fintech Festival.
February 16, 2023
February’s IIF Digital Asset Forum discussed lessons learned from 2022, different business models for digital assets that financial institutions could pursue, and raised questions about the relative value of different technologies, in the context of appropriately managing risks for clients.
December 6, 2022
December’s IIF Digital Asset Forum discussed recent turbulence in digital asset markets, including the importance of developing good conduct operating principles for this nascent industry. Despite steep asset price declines, interest in their underpinning technologies has not waned.
November 15, 2022
Decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web 3.0 are significant developments for the future of finance. Their underlying technologies could generate long-term value for financial clients and institutions, but risks to participants exist and business model and regulatory challenges deserve attention.
October 20, 2022
October’s IIF Digital Asset Forum addressed recent reports by global standard setting bodies around digital assets. Participants discussed how different costs and benefits could be weighed at local and global levels, while reaffirming the importance of technology neutrality.
October 4, 2022
On September 30, the Institute of International Finance, in a joint associations working group with other trades,
submitted our response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) second consultation on the prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures.
September 12, 2022
The inaugural IIF Digital Asset Forum hosted a discussion of scenarios for the future of digital asset use within the financial system. Participants named the direction of policy towards digital assets as a top determinant of how they would utilize digital assets, while noting high client interest.
July 11, 2022
The July U.S. Regulatory Update covers Fed announcements on climate-related financial risk, cybersecurity, digital assets, strategies against illicit finance, and more.
July 5, 2022
First edition of the Digital Finance Update.
June 17, 2022
The Institute of International Finance welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission questionnaire on a potential euro-denominated central bank digital currency (CBDC). We commend the EC for taking this step forward in considering this momentous issue.
May 23, 2022
The IIF has made a submission to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors responding to its discussion paper, Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar i...
May 4, 2022
The May 2022 U.S. Regulatory Update covers Fed Announcements on government-wide crypto activities, ongoing U.S. sanctions in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, proposed requirements related to climate-related financial risk, and more.