Articles by Editors
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Australia & NZ
Australia Incentivises Fintech with Regulatory, Funding Initiatives
July 20, 2017Treasury confirms removal of $40mn capital requirement for firms to use ‘bank’ label; Sydney, Melbourne fintech hubs win state government support.
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Capital Regulation
NSFR Pushes Singapore Banks to Prioritise Long-term Funding
July 20, 2017NSFR requires locally-based D-SIBS to have customer deposits, long-term wholesale funding and equity sufficient to cover extended period of market stress.
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AML / KYC
HK’s New Financial Services Chief Advocates Centralised KYC Registry
July 20, 2017Top official says updated ID cards with greater security could be used as basis of the centralised KYC; boost Hong Kong's status in...
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Australia & NZ
APRA Sets out Vision for ‘Unquestionably Strong’ Banking System
July 19, 2017APRA says ‘unquestionably strong’ means a CET1 capital adequacy ratio of 10.5% ; some lenders expected to require 150bp increase.
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Capital Regulation
Singapore Market Infrastructure Regime Gains CPMI/IOSCO Approval
July 19, 2017Peer review finds MAS meets all but one of 24 principles designed to shore up systemically important market infrastructure including central counterparties.
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AML / KYC
India Could Bring Bitcoin Regulation Under SEBI
July 18, 2017Despite earlier talk of blanket ban, panel set up in April close to agreeing model which would give bitcoin similar status to...
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Capital Regulation
PBOC to Ramp Up Regulatory Oversight
July 17, 2017Increased oversight by central bank may have put paid to talk of super regulator; regulators could be found guilty of […]
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Asia-Pacific
Emerging Asian Markets Suffer Shutdowns, Cyberattacks
July 17, 2017Exchanges in India and Indonesia suffer outages, citing ‘technical issues’; brokers connected to Bursa Malaysia report spate of cyberattacks on two separate...
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Asia-Pacific
China Exchanges Eye Financial Infrastructure ‘Belt and Road’
July 17, 2017SSE, CFFEX meetings to discuss stake in CSE (Chittagong Stock Exchange) follows their participation in consortium which bought 30% of Pakistan bourse.
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AML / KYC
AUSTRAC Warns on Fraud, Money Laundering via Stock, Derivatives Markets
July 13, 2017Fraud, money laundering more prevalent than even insider trading or market manipulation, Centre suggests; only 40% of market participants filed suspicious matter...