The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) extends a new Ordinary Loan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) extends a new Ordinary Loan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with an amount of Arab Accounting Dinar 12.79 million, the equivalent of approximately USD 51 million, to support the economic reforms implemented by the Kingdom
The AMF has completed the linking of Central Bank of Jordan to “Buna Platform”, which the AMF launched to support regional financial integration and encourage inter-Arab trade and investments

The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) extended a new Ordinary Loan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with the amount of Arab Accounting Dinar 12.79 million, the equivalent of approximately USD 51 million. The loan agreement was signed on Monday, May 15, 2023, by H.E. Dr. Mohammad Al-Ississ, Minister of Finance, on behalf of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman A. Al Hamidy, Director General Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the AMF, on behalf of the AMF, with the aim to avail financial resources to support the country’s financial position and its efforts to implement economic and financial reforms.

Buna launches a new service establishing a more accessible and more secure foreign exchange (FX) market

The new service provides financial institutions participating in Buna with an open marketplace to make FX deals directly between each other and enables safe and secure settlement of the resulting transactions in Buna.   

Abu Dhabi, May 10th, 2023:Buna (the cross-border payment system operated by Arab Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement Organization “ARPCSO”, owned by The Arab Monetary Fund “AMF”), announces the launch of its service supporting a more accessible and more secure foreign exchange (FX) market.

The new service offers an open and modern marketplace for FX, where participants in the Buna system can benefit from a modern set of APIs to exchange information and agree on the terms of their FX deals directly between each other, without the involvement of Buna or any other intermediary in these deals.

The processing of the resulting transactions is then done immediately in a safe and secure way by using the Payment versus Payment (PvP) mechanism, which ensures that settlement in one currency occurs if and only if the settlement of the other currency occurs simultaneously. 

Buna holds its 41st virtual workshop

The workshop will explore the status of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) current initiatives and their outlook

The workshop will host high-level guest speakers from the Bank of International Settlement (BIS), Banque de France, Banca d’Italia and SWIFT, among others 

Abu Dhabi, May 4th, 2023:Buna (the cross-border payment system operated by Arab Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement Organization “ARPCSO”, owned by The Arab Monetary Fund “AMF”), will hold, on Thursday May 4th, the 41st edition of its virtual workshops to explore the status of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), current initiatives and their outlook.

Buna aims to bring the latest developments and advancements to this topic and promote innovation and progress in the financial sector.  To achieve that, this workshop will host high-level guest speakers representing Bank of International Settlement (BIS), Banque de France, Banca d’Italia, SWIFT, and others, who will provide a comprehensive overview of the topic from practical and strategic perspectives. The objective will be to anticipate potential future developments relating to CBDCs and how the financial industry can prepare for the changing landscape.  

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