Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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752Fintech / RegtechS. Korea FSC Accepts Nine More Fintech Sandbox Participants
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019Nine new fintech firms have been approved to enter the FSC's regulatory sandbox, bringing the total number of participating firms to 18.
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594Capital Regulation10 Major Chinese Banks Planning Perpetual Bond Issuances
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019Following BOC's perpetual bond issuance in January, 10 more Chinese banks have announced plans to issue similar bonds, including ABC, ICBC and CCB.
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611ChinaCSRC to Roll Back Private Placement Restrictions – Report
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019The CSRC is reexamining February 2017 restrictions on private placements, to address difficulties for listed companies in financing debt roll-over, working capital and expansion.
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693Fintech / RegtechSGX Migrates Blockchain Projects to New AWS Service
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019The move allows SGX to eliminate the heavy-lifting typically involved in infrastructure setup, configuration and management, and instead focus on adding business value.
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765InternationalSWIFT Launches Payment Investigation, Resolution Capability
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019The new capability will improve transparency, shorten resolution time and reduce manual intervention to resolve issues that arise along the payments chain.
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584InternationalFSB Designates UK Agency as Sole UPI Service Provider
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019The Derivatives Service Bureau will be the sole issuer of UPI codes and operate the UPI reference data library, facilitating the use of OTC trade reporting data in assessing systemic risk.
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526Capital RegulationRBI Must Disclose Bank Inspection Reports – Supreme Court
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019The RBI has been ordered by the India's highest court to disclose its annual banking inspection report, which contains sensitive commercial information of banks.
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856Australia & NZAustralia Cracks Down on Cryptocurrency Tax Evasion
Editors, Regulation Asia May 3, 2019The Australian Taxation Office is collecting data from cryptocurrency exchanges to feed into its data-matching technology to identify tax evaders.
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834ChinaNew Opening Up Measures Coming ‘Soon’ – CBIRC Chairman
Editors, Regulation Asia May 2, 2019CBIRC chairman Guo Shuqing says 12 new measures will soon be introduced to further open up China's financial sector to banks and insurers.
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631FeatureSingapore, Canada Conclude First Trial on CDBC Cross-Border Payments
Editors, Regulation Asia May 2, 2019MAS and the Bank of Canada linked up experimental payment networks despite their being built on two different DLT platforms.
