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Intraday Liquidity. An alternative settlement mechanism for any payment

I believe that there is a need for an alternative mechanism to conserve liquidity. It is not possible to do better than CLS for FX flows; CLS is the gold standard. That should not mean that a complementary Financial Market Utility (FMU) would not be a valuable tool for the industry. This post describes what […]

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Intraday Liquidity. A new charging model?

With new rules coming into effect on Jan 1 2015, this is the thirteenth in a series of posts on how banks and FI’s might adapt. The previous posts are available on the 3CAdvisory website, click here. In the transaction banking business, intraday liquidity is not something that has traditionally been charged for explicitly or […]

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Intraday Liquidity. The Nostros and Intraday Limits.

With new rules coming into effect on Jan 1 2015, this is the twelfth in a series of posts on how banks and FI’s might adapt. The Nostros that find that their business is being allocated high liquidity costs have one immediate weapon at their disposal. If they are being allocated costs based on intraday […]

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