The Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Governor Dr Lin Aung of the Central Bank of Myanmar virtually joined the SEACEN High-Level Seminar and the 15th Meeting of the Deputy Governors of Finan­cial Stability and Supervision held in the Philippines on 13 and 14 August.

 

During the meeting, Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority discussed Loss Absorbing Capacity-LAC, while the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) about “Bail-in” based on experiences of Credit Suisse of Switzerland, Monetary Author­ity of Singapore and SEACEN Centre about crypto assets and stablecoins, World Bank, Bank Indonesia and Hong Kong Monetary Authority about financial resources in transforming into green econ­omy and the Central Bank of Malaysia and BIS about draft­ing rules and regulations for response to climate changes.

 

On 14 August, Acting Ex­ecutive Director Dr Srichan­der Ramswamy of SEACEN briefed the economic poten­tials and financial flows of regional countries, and the officials of the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal presented potential risks to financial sta­bility and proper supervision of such situation.

 

In the evening, the Myan­mar delegation attended the 15th ASEAN Central Bank Dep­uties’ closed-door meeting.

 

During the meeting, the attendees discussed financial stability and supervision train­ing courses, research to be conducted in 2025, and assis­tance for SEACEN members. — MNA/KTZH