Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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413Philippines Caps Charges Allowed on Small Value Loans
Editors, Regulation Asia January 10, 2022The caps apply to the charges imposed on borrowers of small-value loans by lending firms, financing companies and online lending platforms.
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547Japan Extends Leverage Ratio Relaxation to Support Bank Lending
Editors, Regulation Asia January 10, 2022Central bank deposits will be excluded from total exposure when calculating the leverage ratio until the end of March 2024.
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355Taiwan FSC Finalises Rule Relaxations for Investment Funds
Editors, Regulation Asia January 10, 2022Greater flexibility is provided for investments in IPO stocks, low-unrated and rated and unrated bonds, and CoCo and TLAC bonds.
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534UK National Security and Investment Act 2021 Takes Effect
Editors, Regulation Asia January 7, 2022The NSI Act gives the government broader powers to scrutinise and intervene in acquisitions in 17 sectors that could give rise to national security risks.
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963PBOC Outlines 2022-2025 Fintech Development Plan
Editors, Regulation Asia January 7, 2022The plan includes measures to strengthen fintech governance, enhance data capabilities, and establish a new 'green' data centre.
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485SEBI Finalises Tighter Rules on Use of IPO Proceeds
Editors, Regulation Asia January 7, 2022Anchor investors can only sell 50 percent of their allocated shares after 30 days. The remaining portion has a 90-day lock-in period.
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476RBI Publishes List of Indian D-SIBs for 2022
Editors, Regulation Asia January 6, 2022SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as D-SIBs, under the same bucketing structure as in the 2020 list.
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876China Releases CBDC Wallet on Mobile App Stores
Editors, Regulation Asia January 6, 2022The app is available in 12 cities and regions as well as the host cities for the Winter Olympics. Until now the app has only been available for download via private links.
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428CBIRC Grants Approval for HSBC to Fully Own China Insurance Unit
Editors, Regulation Asia January 6, 2022HSBC reached an agreement with its joint venture partner to a remaining 50% equity interest in HSBC Life China in May 2020.
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403BSP Directs Banks to Help Curb Vote-Buying Ahead of National Election
Editors, Regulation Asia January 6, 2022Banks should "at a minimum" consider four scenarios when calibrating their fraud management systems and account and transaction monitoring rules/parameters.
