Sanday Chongo Kabange

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    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.

    Articles by Sanday Chongo Kabange

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    Market Infrastructure

    Hong Kong ‘Actively Pursuing’ Closer Integration With Mainland

    20/06/2025

    Hong Kong will continue to explore further enhancements to the WMC scheme and ways to broaden Hong Kong professionals’ entry into the Mainland market.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    South Korea Launches Enhanced “MyData 2.0” Service

    19/06/2025

    “My Data 2.0” incorporates seven improvements announced in April 2024 including enhanced consumer protections.

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    Enforcement

    ACCC Fines NAB Over CDR Data Quality Issues

    19/06/2025

    The ACCC said NAB’s payment of the penalties is the highest amount paid for alleged contraventions of the CDR rules to date.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    DTIF Urges Malaysia SC to Adopt DTI Standard for Tokenised Products

    18/06/2025

    The DTI Foundation said the use of the ISO 24165 DTI standard in disclosures will enhance investor protection and market integrity.

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    Market Infrastructure

    New Zealand FMA Gives NZX Top Marks in Latest Review

    18/06/2025

    Only two recommendations were made, one around testing participant resilience and the other around assessing system recovery arrangements.

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    APRA Proposes Updates to Naming Exemptions Under Banking Act

    18/06/2025

    APRA is proposing to remake two instruments under the Banking Act instruments and allow one to subset in October.

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    AML / KYC

    Thailand Announces Five-Year Tax Exemption for Crypto Trading

    18/06/2025

    Thailand waives capital gains and VAT on crypto transactions for five years to “stimulate the digital asset economy”.

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    Philippines: New Rural Bank Emerges from Four-Entity Merger

    18/06/2025

    The BSP said Agribank has started operations, representing the combined entity following a merger of four agricultural rural banks.

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    Enforcement

    SFC Suspends Licensed Rep Over Undisclosed Personal Dealings

    18/06/2025

    The Rifa Securities representative failed to disclose personal securities trading via another brokerage firm for three years.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    HKMA Consults on New Return Templates for Reporting Cryptoassets

    17/06/2025

    HKMA said the revised return templates will help guide system developments of banks as they prepare to implement the BCBS standard.

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