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    Articles by Editors

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    AML / KYC

    UK to Start Collecting New Economic Crime Levy from July

    15/03/2023

    The economic crime levy will apply to financial firms, auditors, tax advisers, crypto firms, and other regulated entities.

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    Enforcement

    US OCC Fines Ex-Wells Fargo Exec for Sales Misconduct

    15/03/2023

    Carrie Tolstedt was not required to admit or deny the OCC allegations, but she faces up to 16 months in prison under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Coinbase Partners With StanChart to Enable SGD Fund Transfers

    15/03/2023

    Customers in Singapore can transfer funds to and from their Coinbase account using any local bank in Singapore for free.

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    China to Raise Retirement Age to Cope With Ageing Population

    15/03/2023

    China to raise the retirement age to tackle ageing population challenge and pension budget deficits.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Sea Group Launches Digital-only MariBank in Singapore

    15/03/2023

    Invitations are currently limited to users of Sea Group’s ecosystem such as Shopee customers and individual sellers.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US Prosecutors Probe Possible Terra Manipulation by Trading Firms

    15/03/2023

    SDNY prosecutors are said to be looking into Telegram chats among employees at Jump Trading and Jane Street from last May.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    SEC Thailand Consults on Proposal to Ban Crypto Lending

    15/03/2023

    The ban is being proposed to protect investors from situations where service providers suffer financial problems or their services are discontinued.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    BSP Sets 1 July for Mandatory Adoption of QR Ph Standard

    15/03/2023

    From 1 July, all FIs and PSPs must disable all non-QR Ph codes and proprietary QR codes and ensure they are no longer be available to the public.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Credit Suisse Identifies “Material” Financial Reporting Weaknesses

    15/03/2023

    The weaknesses related to a “failure to design and maintain an effective risk assessment process to identify and analyse the risk of material misstatements”.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    Philippines to Adopt ASEAN SRFS, Issue Blue Bond Framework

    15/03/2023

    The SEC will adopt the ASEAN Sustainable and Responsible Fund Standards and separately release a new blue bond framework by Q2.

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