Mauritius mulls wrapping metaverse into financial services
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius started collecting feedback from industry stakeholders and the general public regarding the inclusion of metaverse within the financial services industry.
The FSC Mauritius dedicated the entire month of November to amass comments on the strategic developments and repercussions of the metaverse, a recent consultation paper, “Reshaping the financial services sector,” showed.
Mauritius intends “to ensure that the regulatory and business environments in Mauritius are appropriately ready and re-engineered” as metaverse adoption continues to amplify on a global scale. FSC Mauritius highlighted metaverse-centric efforts from offshore regulators from the European Commission, the UK, Dubai, Indonesia, China, South Korea and Singapore and how they have made significant efforts to accommodate the new technology.
While acknowledging the need for collaboration in reshaping the financial services to accommodate metaverse, the FSC Mauritius asked seven questions to the public, as shown below:
Respondents are expected to share their opinions on the relevant questions by Nov. 30. The comments and feedback will be considered to establish a multidisciplinary working group to further address the future policy and regulatory orientations in relation to the metaverse.
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Mauritius is also expected to launch the pilot phase of a digital rupee in November 2023. However, an official release is still pending.
On April 28, the governor of the Bank of Mauritius, Harvesh Kumar Seegolam, said he prioritized CBDC development when he took office in 2020:
Seegolam said the Bank of Mauritius “is contemplating” launching a
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