據NBC新聞：記者詢問美國人是否應當相信此次空中交通問題不會再次發生時，美國交通部長達菲表示，“得等到我們獲得300億美元用於系統現代化之後”。此前，達菲表示，航空交通系統需要國會提供500億美元來修復。

HKEX (00388.HK) will introduce a digital payment option on Dec 14 to allow prepaid margin payments for the derivatives post-close trading session, under a collaboration with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to trial a digital Hong Kong dollar. Eligible clearing participants of the Hong Kong Futures Clearing Corporation may opt to submit prepaid margin requests via the digital channel between 17:00 and 01:30 so those funds are available for the post-close session. The extended window supplements existing payment arrangements, letting participants manage capital-based position limits outside normal banking hours.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on the 14th that at least four oil tankers struck mines and caught fire within hours in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said one was a supertanker that had switched off identification systems and entered an illegal route inside a restricted area east of the Strait before striking a mine and catching fire. The IRGC warned any vessel entering the illegal route would face the same fate and accused the shipowners of trusting US statements and effectively sending their assets into flames.