New Zealand pushes to exclude bank deposits and 1:1 redemption stablecoins from financial products
Original headline뉴질랜드, 은행 예치·1대1 상환 스테이블코인 금융상품 제외 추진
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New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority has proposed excluding qualifying NZD-backed payment stablecoins from treatment as financial products under the Financial Markets Conduct Act, launching a consultation rather than finalizing rules. Eligible tokens must be denominated in and backed by the New Zealand dollar and meet conditions including holding reserves at a New Zealand-registered bank and offering one-to-one redemption; not every NZD-pegged token would qualify. Issuers, financial institutions, crypto businesses and consumers can all submit feedback during the consultation. The move matters because it would keep payment stablecoins outside the FMC Act’s financial-product regime while preserving reserve and redemption safeguards. What to watch next is whether the FMA confirms the exclusion and how narrowly the final eligibility criteria are drawn.
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New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), New Zealand dollar stablecoin, New Zealand, Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMC Act)