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Fintech / Regtech
Singapore Streamlines Payment Firms’ Access to Legal Services
09/09/2019
The initiative will help connect the payments industry with specialist law firms through a streamlined process to help them comply with the new Payment Services Act.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Announces Third RRR Cut of 2019
09/09/2019
The cut is expected to free up 900 billion yuan in banking system liquidity for use in small and private enterprise lending.
RBI Mandates External Benchmarking for Loans from October
09/09/2019
Banks must link interest rates for retail and micro and small enterprise loans to the RBI’s benchmark repo rate, the 3- or 6-month treasury yield, or any other FIBIL benchmark.
Securities / Derivatives
SAFE Approves Three Brokers for Interbank FX Trading
09/09/2019
Citic Securities, Huatai Securities and China Merchants Securities are allowed to conduct interbank forex business both on a proprietary basis and on behalf of clients.
Securities / Derivatives
HKEX Recovers from Derivatives Market Outage
06/09/2019
Derivatives trading was suspended on Thursday due to software issues in HKEX’s vendor supplied trading system, which “have now been isolated”.
Market Infrastructure
China P2P Lenders Ordered to Share Data with Credit Bureaus
06/09/2019
The move is part of a broader crackdown on irregular practices and risks in the P2P sector, and will provide greater protection to investors in online lending platforms.
Securities / Derivatives
FSC Korea to Ease Major Shareholder Notification Rule
06/09/2019
Institutional investors will be exempt from disclosing major shareholding changes when exercising their rights to remove law-breaking executives or to push for improved governance.
Securities / Derivatives
RBI Task Force Urges Development of Secondary Market for Loans
05/09/2019
The task force recommends easing rules for loan asset securitisation, and to allow secondary market participation from funds and insurers.
Market Infrastructure
Thailand to Digitise Capital Market Processes with DLT
05/09/2019
The project aims to reduce the documentary procedures required in processes related to share issuances and offerings, securities registration, settlement and delivery, and KYC.
Capital / Liquidity
SBV Lists Criteria for Assuming Control of Troubled Banks
05/09/2019
The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a circular outlining seven conditions under which it will impose ‘special control’ over credit institutions.
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