On 12 December 2024, the Bank for International Settlement’s Financial Stability Institute published a paper which explores the potential transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the financial sector. In summary, the paper notes that while AI exacerbates existing risks such as model risk and data privacy, it does not introduce fundamentally new
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On 16 July 2024, the Bank for International Settlements published a speech by Klass Knot (Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and President of the Netherlands Bank). The speech is dated 11 July 2024 and is entitled The AI adventure – how artificial intelligence may shape the economy and the financial system
On 23 January 2024, the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Innovation Hub announced its first six projects for its 2024 work programme. The projects focus on safety and security, green finance and next generation financial infrastructures. Additional work on advanced data analytics and tokenisation are also planned.
Head of the BIS Innovation Hub
On 16 October 2023 the Australian Federal Treasury released its public consultation paper regarding the proposed regulatory regime for digital asset platforms. The proposed framework highlights the Australian Government’s intention to ensure consistent oversight and safeguards for consumers by regulating digital asset platforms and other intermediaries within the existing Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL
Every month we provide the Global Blockchain Business Council’s Post-Trade Distributed Ledger group with a global regulatory FinTech updater, the latest version of which can be found here.
Post Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group is composed of over 40 prominent market infrastructure stakeholders whose shared vision of the use of distributed ledger technology has
On 25 May 2023, a group of central banks, together with the Bank for International Settlements, published a paper on central bank digital currencies (CBDC): ongoing policy perspectives.
Since publishing (i) a report in October 2020 setting out the common foundational principles and core features of a CBDC, and (ii) an executive summary
On 18 May 2023, UNIDROIT’s Governing Council reported that it had adopted the UNIDROIT principles on digital assets and private law (the principles) at its 102nd session in Rome, Italy.
The principles were prepared by a working group on digital assets and private law, which comprised of 25 members, 22 observers from
April was another fast moving month in the financial services sector. ASIC released updates to the breach reporting requirements to introduce new guidance and clarify existing guidance regarding reportable situations. The regulator also provided further communications surrounding the superannuation performance test, as well as commenced proceedings against an insurance company alleging unfair contract terms in
The month March was a busy month which saw some significant developments in the financial services sector. Notably, ASIC is currently consulting on class orders about financial requirements in considering whether to remake certain class orders. The regulator is also consulting on ‘sunsetting’ class orders changing responsible entities and equal treatment. ASIC also granted conditional