Independent Financial System planned by Russia and the Islamic world

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News Date: May 22, 2023

Russia and the Islamic countries talk about the creation of an independent financial system and de-dollarization.
According to Alexey Overchuk, deputy prime minister of Russia, Russia is in conversation with countries in the Islamic world about current global changes, particularly the de-dollarization processes.
Alexey Overchuk mentioned the de-globalization processes, the shift of industrial output, the fall of Western investment in the Global South, and the concerns with energy and food security among other things on the agenda.
"Of course, our relations with Islamic countries are influenced by global shifts that are taking place and global trends.
We are talking about processes of de-dollarization and the creation of an independent financial system.", Overchuk stated, through a TASS report.

A Financial System by Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation

Fintech stands for financial technology.
On February 3, 2017, Donald Trump issued a Presidential Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System.
Full order:whitehouse.gov
The report of U.S. Department of the Treasury was prepared on July 2018, set A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation.
Nonbanks are well integrated into the U.S. payments system and play key roles such as facilitating back-end check processing; enabling card issuance, processing, and network activities; and providing customer-facing digital payments software.
This report includes a limited treatment of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.
Treasury report: treasury.gov

A Monetary System as Good as Gold

The gold standard provides a better anchor for inflation expectations without an obvious cost in terms of lower output or higher unemployment.
The gold standard isn't perfect. No system is. But it has many virtues. A strong case can be made that it's the best of all feasible institutional alternatives. Lawrence White, puts it: The gold standard is still the gold standard among monetary systems.
Source: www.aier.org

Ripple partner Nium takes on SWIFT

The new solution, which leverages Ripple's blockchain network Ripplenet, claims to lower settlement costs for Financial Institutions by up to 90% for international brokerage account transactions when compared to transactions settled via the SWIFT International Payments Network.
XRP powers NIUM's alternative to swift.
Nium has pointed to three major benefits of its global payments network and new brokerage solution: cost savings of up to 90%, improved customer satisfaction, and increased demand for new partnerships.
Source: financefeeds.com

Multichain integrates XRP Ledger

Multichain is supporting XRP Ledger (XRPL) for cross-chain connection with EVM and non-EVM compliant blockchains.
Multichain was born as Anyswap on the 20th July 2020 to service the clear needs of different and diverse blockchains to communicate with each other.
As a cross-chain infrastructure, Multichain facilitates interoperability across different networks and enables seamless transfers of assets and values.
With a constantly growing family of non-EVM and EVM chains (now 39), Multichain is the leader in the cross-chain field.
Its sustained daily volume of more than $200 million, its Total Value Locked in excess of $6 billion, and its thousands of daily users are testament to its popularity and security.
Source: medium.com

China is emerging as IMF competitor

China gave tens of billions in secretive 'emergency loans' to vulnerable nations, emerging as world's major creditor and IMF competitor.
China has shelled out tens of billions in opaque 'emergency loans' for at-risk nations, indicating a shift to providing short-term emergency lending rather than longer-term infrastructure loans.
Source: fortune.com