Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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582ChinaChina National Credit System to Include Foreign Data
Editors, Regulation Asia April 29, 2019Foreign workers in China will be required to submit their personal credit information, including from activities in other countries, to the national credit system in order to obtain loans.
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722IndiaNSE Raises Margins on Futures, Options with High Open Interest
Editors, Regulation Asia April 29, 2019The National Stock Exchange of India has raised trading margins required for stock futures and options by up to 300%, depending on market wide position limits.
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691IndiaRBI Extends LEI Deadlines for Non-Derivative Market Participants
Editors, Regulation Asia April 29, 2019Participants in government securities, money markets and non-derivative forex markets will have until the end of this year to obtain LEIs.
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3.0KAsia-PacificBangladesh Bank Relaxes Loan Classification Rules
Editors, Regulation Asia April 29, 2019From 30 June, loans will be classified as 'bad' only once they have been overdue for at least 12 months, compared to nine months previously, among other changes.
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885MalaysiaBursa Malaysia Goes Live with T+2 Settlement
Editors, Regulation Asia April 29, 2019Starting today (29 April), securities trade on Bursa Malaysia will be executed on T+2 settlement, a move first proposed in March 2018.
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815ChinaSAFE to Pilot Blockchain Based Trade Finance Platform
Editors, Regulation Asia April 26, 2019China's foreign exchange regulator has developed an open blockchain platform to help address the inefficiencies of cross-border trade finance.
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723AML / KYCWolfsberg Group Endorses APAC Toolkit for Tackling Human Trafficking
Editors, Regulation Asia April 26, 2019The Wolfsberg Group has endorsed the latest Anti Human Trafficking Toolkit from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, tailored for use in Asia Pacific by banks and financial institutions.
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577Market InfrastructureMAS Issues Update to E-Payments User Protection Guidelines
Editors, Regulation Asia April 26, 2019The update addresses situations where customers choose to receive fewer transaction notifications, which could affect their ability to monitor for unauthorised transactions.
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1.2KFeatureMAS Seeks to Strengthen Singapore as a Global Hub for FX Trading
Editors, Regulation Asia April 26, 2019MAS has reportedly been encouraging major FX players to build their systems, trading engines and data centres locally to reduce latencies from routing trades through other FX hubs.
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583Asia-PacificBSP Issues Draft Rules for Implementing National Payment Systems Act
Editors, Regulation Asia April 26, 2019The Philippine central bank has issued a draft circular to support its new mandate as the primary regulator for the country’s payment systems.
