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  "angle": "The Bank of England will let clearing houses accept tokenised collateral under existing rules, and is now writing down how.",
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          "markdown": "The Bank of England has launched a consultation on draft supervisory expectations for central counterparties accepting tokenised collateral, with responses due by 12 February 2027. The Bank says its initial view is that the existing regulatory framework does not prevent CCPs from accepting tokenised forms of eligible collateral, and the draft supervisory statement does not create a separate regulatory regime for tokenised collateral. The proposed expectations are consistent with CPMI-IOSCO principles for financial market infrastructure."
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          "markdown": "The substance of the consultation is operational rather than permissive. Tokenised collateral must remain capable of being valued, transferred and realised when needed, including in stressed conditions, and CCPs must obtain Bank approval before accepting a new type or form of collateral. The Bank expects to publish its policy response and rules for the UK CCP Rulebook in the fourth quarter of 2026, and it is designing a new RT2 synchronisation capability with a delivery target of 2028. It is also asking whether the proposed expectations would remain appropriate for tokenised money market fund units, gold and stablecoins."
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          "markdown": "The Bank frames the move as clarification, not deregulation. Its primary objective for CCP functions is to protect and enhance the stability of the UK financial system, with a secondary objective to facilitate innovation in CCP and central securities depository services. The Bank is working with the Financial Conduct Authority and HM Treasury to support responsible adoption of tokenisation, and it encourages firms actively considering tokenised collateral to engage with it on potential proposals."
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          "markdown": "The same week, the BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures published a report on how central banks are adapting to technological innovation, new types of payment service providers and changing user demand. The report describes central banks working to support payment system safety and efficiency and trust in money as those forces transform payment systems. The Bank of England consultation is one instance of that adaptation: the rails stay, the collateral format changes."
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          "markdown": "Nordic central banks published a joint report on household costs for bank transfers and card payments, finding that cross-border payments in the Nordics remain costly despite close economic ties. Intra-Nordic bank transfers in euro are usually less costly than transfers in Nordic currencies, a pattern the report calls the Nordics payment paradox, and household card payment costs are primarily driven by bank foreign-exchange mark-ups, which vary significantly between countries. EU legislation will require banks in Nordic countries to offer instant payments in euro starting in 2027, and Norges Bank has entered an agreement with the European Central Bank to participate in TIPS, whose cross-currency service currently supports Danish kroner, Swedish kronor and euro."
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          "markdown": "Taken together, the three publications describe incumbents adapting existing rails rather than replacing them: London clarifies how tokenised assets fit clearing rules it already enforces, the CPMI frames the central-bank role as preserving safety and trust through the transition, and the Nordics show what happens when the rails lag, with households paying foreign-exchange mark-ups on everyday transfers. The practical question for market participants is narrower than whether tokenisation arrives; it is which asset types supervisors will accept first, and whether the 2027 instant-payment mandate closes the Nordic cost gap the report documents."
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