BLOOMBERG  JPMorgan Chase & Co has tied up with six Indian banks to introduce a blockchain-based platform to settle interbank dollar transactions in the nation’s newest international financial hub. “We will be running a pilot project for the next few months as we need to analyse banks’ experience,” Kaustubh Kulkarni, senior country officer, India and vice chairman, Asia Pacific at …

BLOOMBERG  Large US banks may face a 20% average increase in capital requirements from upcoming rule proposals as the collapse of several smaller lenders this year adds urgency to a push to bolster the industry’s financial strength, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The revised requirements could be proposed as early as June, and the specific increases will depend …

BLOOMBERG  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may face growing pressure to defend a key level for the rupee as its interest-rate pause looks set to weigh on the currency. The rupee is poised to test the 83-per dollar mark in the near term if the central bank remains on hold and changes its stance to neutral, effectively signaling an …