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Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
SEBI Fines BSE, NSE for Failure to Detect Karvy Fraud
17/04/2022
Karvy Stock Broking misused INR 23 billion worth of securities belonging to more than 95,000 clients, pledging them with 8 banks to raise INR 8.5 billion for its own use.
Tokenisation
China: Industry Bodies Warn of NFT-related Financial Risks
17/04/2022
China’s internet finance, banking and securities associations have outlined six measures to curb “NFT financialisation and securitisation” and prevent NFT-related illegal activity.
PEPs & Sanctions
GCFFC Task Force to Drive Sanctions Compliance in Crypto
17/04/2022
The founding members of the task force are Chainalysis, Elliptic, GDF and Safello, who will together work to support sanctions compliance in the crypto industry.
Liquidity Risk
PBOC Cuts RRR for Banks as Economic Uncertainty Looms
17/04/2022
The cut will free up an estimated CNY 530 billion in banking system liquidity to support the economy and keep financing costs stable.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Issues Risk Management Framework for New EGR Segment
17/04/2022
The framework sets out a system for stock exchanges to collect margins from trading members to cover potential losses from trading in Electronic Gold Receipts.
Liquidity Risk
RBI Introduces New Standing Deposit Facility for Banks
16/04/2022
The facility allows banks to deposit excess liquidity at the RBI, without the central bank having to provide government securities as collateral in exchange.
Trading & Investment
BSEC Tightens Circuit Breaker Limit for Dhaka SME Board
15/04/2022
The SME board commenced trading last October and has seen volume spikes as a result of a waiver from a requirement for traders to register.
Payments & Settlements
RBI to Simplify E-Commerce Payment Settlement Process
15/04/2022
Foreign entities seeking to operate as payment gateways and aggregators for e-commerce-related export and import transactions would have to be authorised in India.
Data Privacy
FSC Korea Bolsters Consumer Safeguards in MyData Licensing System
14/04/2022
The FSC will prohibit MyData services providers from buying and selling consumer data, and start conducting post-licensing inspections to ensure adequate protections are in place.
Supervision & Enforcement
Philippine SEC Welcomes New Measures to Combat Illegal Loan Apps
14/04/2022
Starting 11 May, the Google Play Store will introduce a new screening process for personal loan apps targeting users in the Philippines.
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