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Enforcement
Bank Indonesia Under Investigation by Anti Corruption Agency
23/12/2024
KPK searched several rooms at Bank Indonesia including the governor’s office. A search operation was also conducted at OJK.
AML / KYC
FMA Launches Legal Action Against InvestNow for Breaching AML Rules
22/12/2024
The FMA said it considers failures by retail investment platform InvestNow to be “significant and, in some respects, systemic.”
Fintech / Regtech
Australia Proposes to Mandate Cash Acceptance for Essential Items
22/12/2024
Australia’s Treasury proposes to require certain types of businesses to accept cash, with potential limits on the mandate such as transaction caps or time limits.
Enforcement
RBI Removes Business Restrictions on Two Edelweiss Group Firms
22/12/2024
The RBI is satisfied that adequate remedial measures have been put in place at the two entities to address its earlier supervisory concerns.
Market Infrastructure
Korea Advances Bill to Open Up Corporate Credit Rating Market
22/12/2024
The government approved a revision bill that will abolish a requirement for licensed corporate credit rating providers to be at least 50 percent owned by financial institutions.
Market Infrastructure
China Finalises New Regulations for Foreign Accounting Firms
22/12/2024
The regulations allow foreign accounting firms that need to conduct “temporary activities” in China to do so without establishing a representative office, subject to conditions.
Securities / Derivatives
HK Government Asked to Explain ‘Sluggish’ Sales of Retail Infrastructure Bond
22/12/2024
Hong Kong officials Christopher Hui and Paul Chan both attributed the undersubscription to a wider range of attractive investment options in the market.
Sanctions
US Imposes More Sanctions Targeting Iran’s Oil Trade & Yemen’s Houthis
22/12/2024
The sanctions targets include companies based in Hong Kong, Malaysia and India. Five cryptocurrency wallets were also added to the SDN list.
New Zealand Proposes Caps on Visa and Mastercard Interchange Fees
21/12/2024
The Commerce Commission proposed a draft decision which, if implemented, would reduce the fees charged to businesses to receive Visa and Mastercard payments.
Sanctions
US, UK Impose Human Rights Sanctions Against Georgian Officials
21/12/2024
The sanctions were imposed over a violent crackdown by Georgia’s government against protestors, opposition figures and members of the media
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