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Capital / Liquidity
Japan: Bank Stress Tests to Use Covid-19 as Baseline Scenario
08/10/2020
The BOJ and FSA jointly stress-tested banks using a common scenario for the first time in December. This year’s stress tests will use the Covid-19 pandemic as the common scenario.
Securities / Derivatives
China’s DCE, ZCE Assessed as Post-trade Transparency Positive
08/10/2020
The positive assessments relieve EU investment firms from the obligation to make DCE and ZCE transactions post-trade transparent via an APA.
Securities / Derivatives
ASX Proposes Auctions Mechanism to Handle Futures Participant Defaults
08/10/2020
ASX proposes rule amendments to allow it to auction off exchange-traded derivatives positions in the event that a futures clearing participant defaults.
Securities / Derivatives
China Accelerates Development of Infrastructure REITs Market
08/10/2020
REITs markets will play an important role in enhancing Shanghai’s status as an international financial centre, helping to attract overseas capital while promoting RMB internationalisation.
AML / KYC
Fed Orders Citigroup to Correct “Longstanding Deficiencies”
08/10/2020
The Fed has ordered Citigroup to remediated enterprise-wide risk management and controls deficiencies. The OCC has penalised Citibank $400mn for the same deficiencies.
Fintech / Regtech
G20 Data Gaps Initiative Has ‘Proven its Value’: FSB, IMF
07/10/2020
The fourth progress report on phase two implementation of DGI-2 says progress made to date has proven its value during the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
AML / KYC
RegTech Asia 2020: Enhancing Transaction Monitoring
07/10/2020
How is the financial industry using AI/machine learning and data analytics to enhance typically rule-based transaction monitoring systems?
Enforcement
Korea FSS to Penalise Brokerage CEOs Over Lime Asset Mis-selling
07/10/2020
The proposed sanctions may include a ban on former and current CEOs of three brokerage firms from working in the financial industry for up to five years.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BIS Innovation Hub Announces G20 TechSprint Winners
07/10/2020
FNA won the dynamic information-sharing category; Tookitaki won in the monitoring and surveillance category; ISDA and REGnosys won the regulatory reporting category.
Fintech / Regtech
BOT Issues $1.6bn in Government Savings Bonds on Blockchain
07/10/2020
Leveraging IBM blockchain technology, Bank of Thailand’s platform reduces a process that previously took 15 days to two days.
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