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Cloud & Infrastructure
APRA, AUSTRAC to Engage Regtechs on Solution Development
08/03/2019
APRA and AUSTRAC plan to directly engage and share information with regtech firms to aid in their development of solutions that can help regulated entities comply with reporting obligations.
Emerging Prudential Risks
S. Korea FSC Unveils 2019 Financial Policy Roadmap
08/03/2019
Highlights will include measures to accelerate financial innovation, approve online-only banks, launch a regulatory sandbox, and strengthen consumer and investor protection.
Structural Regulation
Japan FSA Official Lays Out G20 Financial Sector Agenda
07/03/2019
Under Japan’s Presidency this year, the G20 financial sector agenda will centre on addressing market fragmentation, technological innovation and the problems of aging societies.
Emerging Prudential Risks
S. Korea FSC Wants More Supervision over Financial Conglomerates
07/03/2019
South Korea’s FSC is pushing to expand its oversight of conglomerates to include those that own other types of financial businesses besides banks.
Capital Adequacy
India to Raise Capital Rules for Housing Finance Companies
07/03/2019
India’s mortgage regulator is proposing to increase capital adequacy requirements for housing finance companies from 12% to 15% by March 2022.
Structural Regulation
Japan Mulls Measures to Enable Consolidation of Ailing Banks
07/03/2019
Japan’s government plans to introduce legislation that will provide exemptions from its anti-monopoly law to allow regional banks to consolidate more easily.
Cybersecurity
MAS Centralises Technology Functions to Drive Digital Transformation
07/03/2019
The MAS’ new Technology Group will centralise its technology capabilities and strengthen supervision of technology risks in the financial sector.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
PBOC to Unify Financial Consumer Protection Under Single Agency
07/03/2019
Under the current mechanism, financial consumer rights protection is handling by various regulatory bodies, which lack coordination and where standards are not uniform.
Credit Risk
Bangladesh to Make Sweeping Banking Sector Reforms
07/03/2019
Bangladesh Bank is spearheading a wide-ranging policy review to tackle soaring NPLs and willful defaulters in the nation’s banking sector.
Structural Regulation
BSP Eyes Oversight Extension to Cover Banking Conglomerates
07/03/2019
The BSP gained sweeping new powers last month, but it did not gain the oversight authority over conglomerates that own or control Philippine banks.
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