Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Taiwan Promotes Designated Contact Service to Combat Financial Fraud

23/10/2026

Taiwan's FSC is encouraging banks and insurers to implement a designated contact mechanism to intercept fraudulent transactions.

Payments & Settlements

Hong Kong Outlines 4-Point Strategy to Deepen Offshore CNY Market

23/10/2026

Hong Kong is implementing new regulatory and infrastructure measures to enhance its offshore yuan ecosystem and attract international banks.

Structural Regulation

Singapore and Hong Kong Lead APAC Family Office Growth - Report

23/10/2026

New report highlights how purpose-built regulatory frameworks in APAC are capturing a growing share of the multijurisdictional family office market.

Supervision & Enforcement

China to Enforce Tax on Offshore Trusts as Grace Period Ends

22/10/2026

China's tax authority is enforcing a 20 percent levy on offshore trusts, with the penalty-free compliance window now closed.

Cybersecurity

Japan Conducting Latest ‘Delta Wall’ Exercise to Boost Industry Cyber Defences

22/10/2026

The FSA has launched its annual cross-industry cybersecurity exercise amidst rising frontier AI threats and recent data leaks.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Korea Launches Serious Crimes Agency to Tackle Financial Offences

22/10/2026

South Korea's newly established Serious Crimes Investigation Agency will target white-collar crime and investigate recent cyberattacks on financial institutions.

Supervision & Enforcement

ASIC Penalises Visy and Pratt Group A$4.15m for Late Reporting

22/10/2026

21 companies within Australia's Visy and Pratt group have paid infringement notices totalling AUD 4.15 million for late financial reporting.

Cloud & Infrastructure

IBK Expands Corporate Public MyData Service to Deposit Operations

22/10/2026

IBK plans to extend the service to corporate cards by year-end and later to remote corporate banking products.

Stablecoins

Japan Explores Use of Stablecoins to Distribute Public Subsidies

22/10/2026

Japanese ministries are evaluating the use of stablecoins and tokenised deposits for public subsidies, government bonds, and interbank settlements to enhance efficiency.