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    Regulation Asia relies on a team of journalists, writers and editors to cover regulatory announcements across Asia Pacific. editorial@regulationasia.com

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    Market Infrastructure

    US Adds Vietnam to FX Monitoring List, Removes Korea

    09/11/2023

    US Treasury is monitoring the currency practices and macroeconomic policies of six trading partners, including China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    HSBC to Launch Custody Service for Tokenised Securities

    09/11/2023

    The new digital assets custody service will launch in 2024, using custody infrastructure provided by Ripple-owned Metaco.

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    Sanctions

    UK Targets Russian Gold and Oil as EU Preps New Sanctions Package

    08/11/2023

    UK government announced asset freezes on 29 individuals and entities in Russia’s gold, oil, and strategic sectors.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    DBS to Strengthen In-House Software Engineering Team

    08/11/2023

    DBS chief Piyush Gupta said deeper engineering talent is needed in-house to troubleshoot software bugs such as those that caused this year’s service disruptions.

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    AML / KYC

    ASIC Launches New and Improved Investor Alert List

    08/11/2023

    The list includes entities that are offering services to Australians without authorisation, as well as “impostor” entities and websites.

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    AML / KYC

    FinCEN Finalises Rule on Use of FinCEN Identifiers in BOI Reporting

    08/11/2023

    Beneficial owners of numerous reporting companies would be able to use FinCEN identifiers to simplify the reporting process and for data security purposes.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Singapore’s OCBC Experiences 2.5 Hour Service Disruption

    08/11/2023

    In Singapore, banks are required to ensure that critical systems and services can be restored within four hours following an outage.

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    AML / KYC

    Malaysia Close to Settling Outstanding 1MDB Debts – Report

    08/11/2023

    Funds Malaysia will receive next year as part of a settlement with an Abu Dhabi state fund will give it enough to pay off 1MDB’s remaining debts.

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    Sanctions

    New York State Fines Payments Company for Weak Sanctions Controls

    07/11/2023

    Payoneer settles with New York State for USD 1.2 million for compliance failings after paying OFAC USD 1.4 million in 2021.

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    AML / KYC

    Taiwan Financial Adviser Suspected of Colluding with Fraud Syndicates

    07/11/2023

    A former financial adviser of DBS Taiwan reportedly caused $1.5mn of losses to clients through collusion with criminal gangs and fraud groups.

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