Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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412CCB Issues First Green Bond Under Common Ground Taxonomy
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2022$500mn worth of floating rate senior green notes were issued by China Construction Bank's Macau branch using the China-EU Common Ground Taxonomy.
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603Taiwan FSC Reveals Focus Areas of 2022 Inspections
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2022The 7 core focus areas include consumer protection, real estate credit, information security, conflicts of interest, and green finance.
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719Tokyo Bourse Tests Earnings Report Disclosure in HTML Format
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2022HTML will make text conversion, mechanical processing, and Japanese-to-English translation of the disclosed information easier compared to PDF, the TSE said.
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2.1KSG Police Warns of Phishing Scams Impacting OCBC Customers
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2022At least 469 victims have fallen prey to phishing SMS scams during December 2021, with losses amounting to at least SGD 8.5 million.
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1.2KMalaysia, Thailand Launch Phase 2 of QR Payments Linkage
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2022Cross-border instant QR payments are now available for travellers between Malaysia and Thailand, including for online e-commerce transactions.
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842UK Court Hands Down Longest Ever Jail Terms for Money Laundering
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2022A Russian and Lithuanian were sentenced to 16 and 17 years in prison, respectively, for laundering £70mn over four years.
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1.1KTaiwan FSC Issues New Data Sharing Guidelines for FIs
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2022Data may be shared between FIs, subject to consent, if it can enhance customer convenience, improve operations, or facilitate cooperative business arrangements or partnerships.
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554SFC Fines Grand International Futures for AML Breaches
Editors, Regulation Asia January 2, 2022Grand International Futures did not conduct due diligence on customer supplied systems, resulting in thier use to create subaccounts and solicit investment from Mainland investors.
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461BSP to Enhance Bank Reporting of Credit, Equity Exposures
Editors, Regulation Asia December 31, 2021Banks will pilot test the new submissions from February until May 2022, using data from the 30 June 2021 reporting period.
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378CFFEX Halves Settlement Fees in Financial Futures Markets
Editors, Regulation Asia December 31, 2021Settlement fees for stock index futures and government bond futures will be halved in 2022. Further enhancements are planned in the year ahead.
