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  • Settlement Agreement Between The U.S. Department Of The Treasury’s Office Of Foreign Assets Control And BitPay, Inc.

    Date 18/02/2021

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a settlement with BitPay, Inc., a private company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that offers a payment processing solution for merchants to accept digital currency as payment for goods and services.  BitPay agreed to remit $507,375 to settle its potential civil liability for 2,102 apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs.  BitPay allowed persons who appear to have been located in the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, and Syria to transact with merchants in the United States and elsewhere using digital currency on BitPay’s platform even though BitPay had location information, including Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and other location data, about those persons prior to effecting the transactions.  For more information, please visit the following web notice.

  • EBA Publishes Final Draft Technical Standards On Disclosure Of Indicators Of Global Systemic Importance By G-SIIs

    Date 18/02/2021

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the disclosure of indicators of global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs). These standards help to identify which banks are GSIIIs and specify the formats and instructions in accordance with which G-SIIs disclose the information required under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and aim at ensuring consistency of information.

  • Principles For A US Transition To A Sustainable Low-Carbon Economy

    Date 18/02/2021

    Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges facing our society, and financial firms as global capital providers play a key role in financing the creation and deployment of solutions that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, promote green energy generation and strengthen community resilience. While individual institutions have a significant role to play in the global effort to address climate change, policy must provide a critical foundation.

  • Derivatives Market Calls For Change To Market Data Fees: Acuiti

    Date 18/02/2021

    Market data fees have increased by an average of between 50 and 100% over the past five years and almost half of sell-side organisations now spend more than $3m per year on market data, a wide-ranging study by Acuiti has found.

  • ISDA derivatiViews: Coming Together On Climate Risk

    Date 18/02/2021

    When trade associations work together to address areas of common concern, it highlights the importance of a particular issue and can lead to very positive outcomes. That is why I am so encouraged by the publication today of a landmark set of principles on financing the US transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy. These principles are the work of 11 organizations, including ISDA, and reflect the aligned views of banks, asset managers, insurers, investment funds, pension funds and other financial intermediaries on this pressing topic.