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Indonesian Banks Warn Mule Accounts Are Bypassing Scam Controls

by Bradley Maclean

Roundtable participants said onboarding checks verify customer identity but not intent, allowing mule networks to flourish and drain funds before freezes take effect.

Australia Draws Its AI Line Around the Data Centre

by Bradley Maclean

Canberra will mandate AI standards for infrastructure and sovereignty, not supervision. For banks and insurers, authority remains with APRA, ASIC and AUSTRAC.

What Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Licences Say About The Path Ahead

by Blake Evans-Pritchard

Rather than fitting stablecoins into existing rules for private money, Hong Kong is building a framework designed around future financial use cases.

Australia Won’t Publish the Debanking Data it Called ‘Fundamental’

by Bradley Maclean

Treasury’s figures show AML concerns drive around half of customer exits at the major banks, but the underlying data remains unpublished.

FEATURES

MAS Forms Industry Taskforce to Combat AI Cyber Threats

The regulator, banking association and major FIs have joined forces to develop collective defences against emerging cyber risks from frontier AI.

Nithya Subramanian

29 Jul 2026•1 min read

Hong Kong Sets 2030 Deadline for Quantum Readiness

The HKMA has directed the city’s banks to achieve full preparedness for cybersecurity risks posed by quantum computing by 2030, after a new benchmark revealed the sector is at a very early stage in its transition.

Sanday Chongo Kabange

29 Jul 2026•3 min read

HKEX Revamps Listing Rules to Boost Competitiveness

The exchange has lowered listing thresholds for innovative and overseas companies and expanded confidential filing to all applicants in a bid to attract more IPOs.

Sanday Chongo Kabange

27 Jul 2026•4 min read

Hong Kong and Malaysia Ink Landmark Deals to Deepen Capital Market Ties

New agreements will streamline dual IPOs, expand the mutual recognition of funds scheme, and enhance cross-border audit oversight between the two markets.

Sanday Chongo Kabange

26 Jul 2026•5 min read

China Intervenes to Halt Stock Rout with US$8.9 Billion State Buying

Regulators have pledged to ensure stability and state-backed funds have deployed billions after a sharp sell-off in China's stock markets.

Mark Johnston

22 Jul 2026•2 min read

BIS Warns of ‘Mythos Moment’ as Frontier AI Escalates Cyber Risk

New paper urges domestic and international coordination to counter the threat from advanced AI-driven cyber attacks on the financial system.

Manesh Samtani

21 Jul 2026•3 min read

FATF Urges Action as Crypto-Enabled Illicit Finance Grows in Complexity

New report highlights persistent gaps in global enforcement which are being exploited by increasingly sophisticated criminal networks.

Manesh Samtani

17 Jul 2026•2 min read

New Zealand Consults on Next Phase of Capital Markets Reforms

New Zealand has launched a public consultation on a second phase of capital market reforms, targeting eight key areas to boost growth and competitiveness.

Sanday Chongo Kabange

16 Jul 2026•3 min read

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