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    Fintech / Regtech

    India’s NPCI Unveils DLT Based Platform to Further Streamline Payments

    07/01/2020

    The Vajra Platform will enhance data security and transparency, facilitate real-time transactions and reduce reconciliation challenges and processing errors, the NPCI said.

    Sri Lanka to Penalise 8 Banks for Failing to Lower Lending Rates

    07/01/2020

    Eight banks will be penalised for failure to lower lending rates by a 27 December 2019 deadline set by the central bank in September last year, intended to ensure the public benefits from monetary policy decisions.

    Market Infrastructure

    SEBI Issues Revised Framework for Core Settlement Guarantee Fund

    07/01/2020

    If the core settlement guarantee fund is used up during a calendar month, non-defaulting members of clearing corporations shall immediately replenish the fund.

    Securities / Derivatives

    China Directs Local Gov’ts to Allow Bond Underwriting by Foreign Banks

    07/01/2020

    Local governments have been told to revise their procedures and remove restrictions to allow foreign-invested banks to participate in bond underwriting syndicates.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Taiwan Easing Rules to Encourage More Domestic Investment

    07/01/2020

    In March, the FSC will announce which banks qualify to issue new structured note products, after the regulator eased regulations on the investment targets they can be linked to.

    BSP Revises Disqualification Rules for Bank Directors, Officers

    07/01/2020

    Bankers can be disqualified and placed on a watchlist for causing undue injury, material loss or damage to a bank, or for exposing it to higher risk or danger.

    Securities / Derivatives

    CFETS to Launch Interest Rate Options Pilot in February

    07/01/2020

    Market participants must demonstrate adequate internal operating procedures and risk management systems are in place, and apply by 7 February to become interest rate option market trading members.

    Market Infrastructure

    UPDATED – 21 Digital Bank Licence Applications Received: MAS

    07/01/2020

    MAS will announce the successful applicants in June 2020. The new digital bank licencees will be expected to commence business by mid-2021.

    Securities / Derivatives

    HKEX Chief Lays Out Vision for Decade Ahead

    07/01/2020

    Charles Li says HKEX will leverage the disruptive power of technology to enhance connectivity between China and the rest of the world in stock, bond and commodity markets.

    Securities / Derivatives

    RBI Expands Scope of Currency Derivatives Reporting Regime

    07/01/2020

    To date, the reporting framework only required banks to report currency derivatives transactions worth over $1mn. All transactions below this threshold now have to be reported.

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