With 2021 behind us, fintech experts and industry participants are sharing their predictions for the year to come, looking at the trends that shaped 2021 to predict the top fintech
On December 28, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius announced that it became a member of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA).
83% of Interest Rate Derivatives are now cleared according to CFTC data. We use the CFTC data to benchmark our Clarus cleared data and find them to be in agreement. We therefore assume that the CFTC data for uncleared markets is also accurate, opening up more transparency into these important markets. We find that there […]
Following on from last week’s blog, I realised maybe I had jumped the gun somewhat. Since the European Commission has now published their report (and a Consolidated Tape for derivatives is included), I thought it worthwhile to take a step back. What actually is a Consolidated Tape and what that might mean for Transparency in […]
Exchange-traded fund giant Invesco is launching a spot Bitcoin product on the German Deutsche Borse. The new product will be an exchange-traded note (ETN) 100% backed by “physical” holdings of Bitcoin, and aims to deliver the price performance of BTC, minus a fixed annual fee of 0.99%. Digital asset management firm CoinShares will be acting […]
By Judith Rinearson, Jeremy M. McLaughlin, and Daniel S. Nuñez Cohen On 1 November 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG), in conjunction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Comptroller of the Currency, issued a long-awaited joint “Report on Stablecoins” (Report). Per the press release (and a speech by Undersecretary of […]
The use of paper checks has been on the decline since the early 2000s, but a large portion of the population still relies on these physical check transactions. Nowadays, consumers want to clear their checks without waiting for hours or days — which is why they prefer digital transactions because they are more convenient and […]
