Global ‘Just-in-Time’ Liquidity Network Nearing Completion
“As we become increasingly used to interacting on a real-time or instant basis, it’s obvious that the international payments system is nowhere near fit for purpose in today’s global digital economy,” states Nick Ogden, serial fintech entrepreneur, founder of WorldPay, ClearBank and now the RTGS.global network. Working with regulators, central banks and commercial institutions, Ogden […]
Are Banks Safer Now than During the Global Financial Crisis?
The outcome of the global financial crisis of 2008 – 2010 led regulators and central banks the world over to re-look at the way banks are regulated and governed. So what exactly has changed in the South African context? Basel III requirements The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision now imposes the following requirements: The Liquidity […]
IBOR Transition: Challenges and Impacts for Corporate Treasurers
South Africa’s major corporates seem not to have awakened yet to the fact that in a few years interbank offered rates (such as LIBOR and JIBAR) will transition to alternative reference rates. This transition will be one of the most significant transformations of interest rate benchmarks in the last 25 years, but are major corporate […]