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From Regulation to Resilience: Why the ECB’s Intraday Liquidity Guidelines Signal a Strategic Shift

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The European Central Bank’s (ECB) recent guidelines on intraday liquidity risk management are a response to this shift. Firms that act early and decisively will benefit from: Faster, smarter funding decisions : When intraday liquidity is transparent, funding can be fine-tuned in response to evolving conditions, not guessed.

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Payments’ Role In The Fourth Industrial Revolution

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The increased use and adoption of P2P technologies, like Zelle and Venmo, demonstrates the consumer demand for this type of frictionless payment option. Settling funds faster, no matter the use case, benefits the entire ecosystem, and takes liquidity risk out of the equation. Particularly in the U.S,

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SIA’s Third-Party Approach To RTGS

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“The processing of instant payments [creates] some expectations also in the RTGS — namely, one strong request from the market is [to have] RTGS working around the clock to reduce the liquidity risk,” De Lorenzo said. Supporting Security. Despite the evolving nature of the RTGS space, one need has remained constant: security.