The FMI Ecosystem: Recent Developments and the Road Ahead Wednesday 27th April 2022 Technically speaking, Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) are multilateral systems used to clear, settle and record payments, securities, derivatives or other financial transactions. Loosely speaking, they are regarded as the plumbing of the financial system, allowing financial institutions to connect to each […]
Author: Noemie Claret, Research Analyst Intern On the weekend of the 26th of February, FNA participated in the LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) ‘s Data Science Weekend 2022. This two-day ‘datathon’ organized in partnership with the LSE Data Science Institute was open to students from all UK universities, who were invited […]
HSBC and IBM’s joint CBDC Project 16th March 2022 HSBC and IBM recently announced that they successfully designed and tested an interoperable multi-ledger CBDC, securities and foreign exchange settlement capability. Session #3’s guests, HSBC’s Mark Williamson and IBM’s Soren Mortensen joined host Will Towning to offer their views and insights into the project, which […]
Critical policy issues & Lessons Learned from UK and China 15th February 2022 In February’s webinar, guests Jean-Michel Godeffroy and Keith Bear explore critical policy issues surrounding CBDCs and take a look at lessons learned from projects and researchers in China and the UK. The presentations covered: The difference between retail CBDC and Wholesale […]
Quantifying the Impact of CBDCs 11th January 2022 Dr Kimmo Soramäki and Dr Carlos León joined host Will Towning to explain how central banks, commercial banks and other organisations can use simulation technology to understand the impacts of introducing a CBDC? The presentations covered: A brief introduction to simulating payment systems The advantages of […]
FNA roundtable event summary (10th November 2021) This FNA roundtable, co-hosted with Planixs, offered an insight into the latest liquidity stress testing topics and innovations. The opening presentations discussed Intraday Liquidity Stress Testing from a technical and practitioner perspective. The technical view looked at the model components, construct and critical model drivers, with the […]
Featuring: Rhomioas Ram CEO, Fnality International Dave Sissens, CEO, RTGS.Global FNA roundtable event summary (19th October 2021) This FNA roundtable offered an insight into the latest in payments innovation and modernisation, featuring presentations and case studies from industry experts, followed by a senior-level roundtable discussion with market participants from high-value […]
FNA recently co-hosted a Suptech and Regtech training series with CMELA, the Centre for Latin American Monetary Studies. The interactive training sessions introduced Central Bankers to the key foundations and new applications on innovative technologies including AI and Machine Learning, Big Data, DLT, Cloud as well as Network Analytics and the opportunities and challenges […]
FNA’s CEO, Kimmo Soramäki recently participated in a panel discussion with Kent Business School’s Fintech and AI group. Kimmo joined other industry leaders including. Manual Morales (professor at the Université de Montréal, venture capitalist and founder of Max Holding, Tim Latif, and Ramin Okhrati (University College London) to discuss: New disruptive Fintech technologies […]
FNA’s CEO, Kimmo Soramäki, recently participated in a Future of Finance Webinar to discuss the “Long Journey to Programmable Compliance”. Kimmo joined Sally Sfeir Tait, (CEO at RegulAItion), Rupert Brown (CTO at Evidology Systems Ltd. ), Francois-Kim Huge (Partner at Deloitte), and Niresh Rajah (Managing Director RegTech Practice at Grant Thornton LLP) for the […]
Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision Makers with ECB’s Per Nymand-Andersen. In this latest episode of the FNA Talks podcast series, the ECB’s Per Nymand-Andersen joins FNA’s Suptech Lead, Adam Csabay to discuss one of the most awaited Fintech publications of 2021: Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision Makers. Per – […]
FNA’ers Kimmo Soramäki, Ivana Ruffini, Mikhail Oet, Tuomas Takko and Adam Csabay contributed to the recent Risk Book: Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision Makers, edited by the European Central Bank’s Per Nymand-Andersen. The chapter FNA authored, Prudential Stress Testing in Financial Networks, provides a taxonomy of organizational problems facing firms operating in […]
