Mr. Takeshi Shirakami,
Director, Mr. Yasuhiro Tokutaka,
Director, Mr. Tadaaki Kumagai,
Director, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan
Dr. Taiji Inui, Senior Manager, NTT DATA Corporation
Speakers from the Bank of Japan gave an overview of the on-going upgrading project of the BOJ-NET, including background, key features, and timeline of the upcoming upgrade. Dr. Inui addressed the most recent trends in payment and settlement systems throughout Asia, as well as implications to payment and settlement systems in Japan.
Mr. Sadakazu Osaki, Head of Research, Center for Strategic Management & Innovation, Nomura Research Institute, and Visiting Professor, Graduate School for Law & Politics, The University of Tokyo
This event was the fourth round of the FIEA workshops held in 2012 and 2013. These workshops are targeted at professionals of legal, compliance and other regulatory functions within IBA member firms. This workshop was organized by the University of Tokyo, Program on Global Securities Market Law. The program was led by Professor Hideki Kanda and Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku of the University of Tokyo and supported by Visiting Professors (Mr. Matsuo of Nishimura & Asahi and Mr. Osaki of Nomura Research Institute).
Mr. Norihiko Tagawa, Senior Foreign Exchange Examiner,
Mr. Yasunori Okamoto, Foreign Exchange Examiner
The Foreign Exchange Inspection Manual will be amended in accordance with the amendment to AML regulations, i.e. the Law on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds. The FX inspection manual amendment will be announced in early March and will take effect on April 1. The presentation will focus on currency exchange business, rather than the entire manual, and is recommendable to those banks conducting such business.
