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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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    Securities / Derivatives

    CFFEX Adjusts Tick Size for Two-Year Government Bond Futures

    23/10/2023

    The change will help to better align with the cash market and help investors improve the precision of their hedging and other investment strategies, CFFEX said.

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    AML / KYC

    FinCEN Issues Alert to Counter Hamas Financing Activities

    23/10/2023

    The alert contains red flags that FinCEN has identified to help detect, prevent, and report potential suspicious activity related to Hamas’ terrorist financing activity.

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    AML / KYC

    Germany’s BaFin Fines Deutsche Bank for STR Filing Delays

    23/10/2023

    BaFin said Deutsche Bank submitted suspicious transaction reports to the FIU “with a delay”.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    SC Malaysia Grants In-principle Approval to Digital Asset Custodian

    22/10/2023

    With a full licence expected within six months, Gambit Custody will become just the second firm with a digital asset custodian licence in Malaysia.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Ripple Executives

    22/10/2023

    Analysts say the move will ultimately allow the SEC to appeal the court’s earlier decision about XRP not being a security sooner.

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    Enforcement

    ASIC Bans Former PwC Partner Peter-John Collins for Eight Years

    21/10/2023

    ASIC said Peter-John Collins is “not a fit and proper person” and that preventing him from working in the financial services industry was “in the public interest”.

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    Singapore’s DBS Experiences Digital Payment Service Disruption

    21/10/2023

    The 20 October disruption to the bank’s PayLah service came less than a week after a weekend outage that lasted more than 12 hours.

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    Sanctions

    US Treasury Announces Easing of Venezuela Sanctions

    21/10/2023

    A six-month general licence allows the production, sale and export of Venezuela’s oil and gas, without limitations on customers or destinations.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Taiwan FSC Issues New Guidelines for P2P Lending Platforms

    20/10/2023

    P2P platform operators have to implement six risk control mechanisms, including a real-name account system and arrangements for segregating customer funds.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBNZ to Amend ESAS Access Policy, Eligibility Criteria

    20/10/2023

    RBNZ consultation revealed “considerable demand” for access to ESAS by non-banks for payments and settlements, access to HQLA, and interest income.

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