Posts By Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia
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250OJK Launches Five Year Roadmap for Rural Bank Development
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia December 6, 2021Indonesia’s OJK has launched a five year development roadmap for the country's rural banks and Sharia rural banks.
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680BNM Unveils Initial Findings of Malaysia National Risk Assessment
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia December 6, 2021BNM is using technology to improve its risk-based supervision, intelligence analysis, data science techniques and off-site surveillance.
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335JPX Creates New Subsidiary to Accelerate Market Innovation
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia December 4, 2021The new subsidiary will enable JPX to accelerate its work to diversify its businesses, advance the sophistication of its services, and improve market efficiency.
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361BOJ Outlines Three ‘Essential’ Elements of Climate Response
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia December 3, 2021BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda discussed scenario analysis, sustainable finance, and enhanced disclosures.
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902Wealth Connect to be Refined, Expanded Over Time: HKMA
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia December 2, 2021Account opening by attestation is expected to be piloted for the WMC's Northbound scheme, allowing Hong Kong investors to participate without having to travel.
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1.1KJapan FSA Calls for Sharper Focus on ‘Transition’ Concept
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia November 29, 2021The FSA's Satoshi Ikeda says corporate disclosures need to capture genuine progressive efforts towards achieving carbon net zero, not just point-in-time snapshots.
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696Singapore Strengthens Financial Connectivity with Chongqing
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia November 26, 2021Ten MOUs were signed between Singapore and Chongqing banks and industry bodies at the 4th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Connectivity Financial Summit.
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574MAS Considers ‘Appropriate Supervisory Actions’ After DBS Outage
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia November 25, 2021MAS considering “appropriate supervisory actions” following two days of digital services disruption at DBS Bank.
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457Philippine SEC Issues Draft Rules for Online Lenders, Fintechs
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia November 25, 2021The SEC is seeking a greater degree of regulatory oversight for fintech firms and digital lenders to address "abusive and predatory practices".
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397Cryptocurrencies No Longer On The Fringes, says ASIC Chair
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia November 24, 2021ASIC chair Joe Longo sees crypto as no longer on the fringes of the financial services industry, but cautions investors against involvement.
