AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAML/CFT Compliance: Qatar’s MoCI, with QFIU and QACPA, ran a dialogue workshop on improving auditors’ reporting of suspicious transactions, focusing on Ekhtar registration and STR quality. Rural Finance & Inclusion: India’s CreditAccess Grameen raised INR 425 crore via private placement of senior secured NCDs, with a 2-year tenor and coupons around 9.15%-9.25%. SME Cashflow Support: Handepay said small-business funding through its network rose 31% year-on-year, highlighting fast, card-linked repayment finance. Capital Markets & Regulation: The SEC and CFTC sought public comment on harmonizing portfolio margining rules to reduce fragmentation and improve protections. Public Finance: St. Maarten unveiled its first policy-based national budget, projecting a Cg. 11m surplus for 2026. AI Risk Watch: The BIS warned that an AI investment bust could hit global credit markets as hard as 2008, with AI concentration risks. Banking & Markets: Bank of Cyprus set Aug 3 for results review and Aug 4 for interim dividend and six-month results. Wealth & Tech: MAS launched a Future of Finance Institute to scale AI and tokenisation beyond pilots.
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