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South Korea daily FX turnover hit all-time high in Q1
South Korea daily FX turnover hit all-time high in Q1
Increased demand for cross-border transactions of securities drove the growth.
MAS launches Ubin+ to study cross-border FX settlement using CBDCs
It will study business models and create policy guidelines.
UOB subsidiaries now cross-currency dealers in China, Indonesia
This makes UOB the first Singapore bank to hold this status in both markets.
South Korea mulls normalizing eased rules on banks’ FX derivatives: report
The country relaxed rules in March amidst a severe dollar crunch.
Refinitiv launches electronic trading service in Indonesia
This is the country’s first interbank electronic marketplace for the trading of rupiah.
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