13 Dec 2022
Digital Assets and Markets: A transaction-cost analysis of market architectures
This report examines the market landscape for digital assets, including digitally recorded traditional securities and cryptographically secured tokens that represent the building blocks of the future tokenized economy. It shows...
Read more07 Oct 2022
Duplicate Financing: What is it, how can we resolve it, and how does it contribute to the trade finance gap?
Read about duplicate financing in trade finance; what it is, and how it impacts the real economy. Duplicate financing is a significant fraud challenge for financing institutions, one that they...
Read more15 Sep 2022
New Knowledge Briefs are available
Summer break is over and as schools resume sessions, we resume our Knowledge Brief series! Starting off with Delving into DeFi, and What is Decentralised Lending by Associate Professor Sean...
Read more31 Aug 2022
Global Prize Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future, 9th edition
Are you a young professional or academic interested in ethics and sustainability in finance? Don’t miss your chance to participate in the 9th. edition of the Global Prize Ethics &...
Read more09 Aug 2022
Lessons in private-private financial information sharing to detect and disrupt crime
Most countries do not allow information sharing between financial institutions for ‘anti-money laundering’ (AML) purposes. This undermines the ability to detect networks of money laundering that span across multiple financial...
Read more27 Jul 2022
SWIFT Institute mid-year round-up
As we enter the second half of 2022, it’s time to reflect on the first six months of the year. Firstly, we’re celebrating 10 years of the SWIFT Institute! Over...
Read more30 Jun 2022
Have you seen the Knowledge Briefs?
How’s your knowledge on DeFi, CBDCs and shadow banking? Are you in the know? Or could you use a refresher? Expand your financial knowledge by tuning into our Knowledge Brief...
Read more24 Jun 2022
What is Shadow Banking?
https://youtu.be/gG49f5puzTM What is shadow banking? And how do their services differ from those that traditional banks offer? Professor Barbara Casu, Director at the Centre for Banking Research Bayes Business School...
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