
Sanday Chongo Kabange is an experienced multimedia journalist and a contributor to Regulation Asia. He focuses on compliance, regulatory and legal issues for financial services.

Crypto / Digital Assets
BIS and APAC Central Banks Release Results of Project Mandala
29/10/2024
Project Mandala demonstrated that jurisdiction-specific regulatory requirements can be embedded in cross-border transaction protocols.

Fintech / Regtech
HKMA Establishes Tokenisation Partnerships with Thailand, Brazil
29/10/2024
The HKMA will collaborate with the central banks of Thailand and Brazil to explore cross-border tokenisation use cases, leveraging the Project Ensemble sandbox.

Crypto / Digital Assets
HK Bank Completes ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Sandbox Test Using Tokenised Deposits
29/10/2024
The simulation covered trading of the tokenised fund unit for its institutional clients and cross-bank settlement using tokenised deposits.

Fintech / Regtech
HKMA, PBOC to Pilot Cross-Boundary Payments Link in Mid-2025
29/10/2024
The HKMA says a pilot launch for a cross-boundary payment linkage between Hong Kong’s FPS and China’s IBPS will tentatively launch in mid-2025.

Fintech / Regtech
Australia DTA Releases Results of GenAI Trials in Government
24/10/2024
The DTA says the insights obtained from the trial will inform the ongoing safe and responsible adoption of GenAI across the Australian public service.

Enforcement
SFC Opens Insider Trading Case Involving 2020 PayPal Acquisition
17/10/2024
The SFC is pursuing the chairman of a HK-listed company that held shares in PayPal’s acquisition target.

Crypto / Digital Assets
Hong Kong Working “Full Steam Ahead” on Stablecoin Legislation
30/09/2024
The FSTB and the HKMA will “strive” to introduce draft legislation for Hong Kong’s stablecoin regulatory regime by end 2024.

Fintech / Regtech
HKMA Issues New Guidance Responding to Crowdstrike Outage
30/09/2024
The HKMA offers guidance to authorised institutions on enhancing their operational resilience against the failure of third-party IT solutions.

Enforcement
Hong Kong Court Jails Former China Taiping Agent for Fraud
30/09/2024
The former insurance agent received over HK$650,000 in remuneration for insurance policy applications that turned out to be falsified.

Market Infrastructure
HK to Advance Paperless Corporate Communications Regime
28/09/2024
Listed and non-listed companies will be allowed to rely on implied consent for disseminating corporate communications via websites.
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