Five years on, 11 accused have been convicted for the cyber attack on Cosmos Bank but the probe is still on as the cybercrime involved several perpetrators with global links.
The international messaging system is participating in projects that test or develop central bank digital currencies, with a goal of making them interoperable.
Tensions between the U.S. and China ratcheted up in early August when Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Taiwan. China responded with live-fire military drills around the island, but the region has more to worry about than armed conflict.
Most countries concerned about US sanctions would struggle to reduce their reliance on the dollar and US banks, or curtail their commercial and technological dependence on the United States.