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Enforcement
CSRC Bars Two Online Brokers from Onboarding Mainland Investors
04/01/2023
Futu Holdings and Tiger Brokers have been offering offshore trading services to mainland clients though they are not licensed in China.
Market Infrastructure
CBIRC Proposes Stricter Rules for Banks’ Custody Businesses
04/01/2023
The draft rules strengthen requirements on internal governance, risk management systems, data protection and security controls within banks’ custody businesses.
Fintech / Regtech
BNM Finalises New Rules for Electronic Money Issuers
03/01/2023
E-money issuers with more than 500,000 active users are subject to stricter governance, business continuity management and technology risk management requirements.
Enforcement
US FTC Orders Mastercard to Stop Blocking Competing Networks
03/01/2023
The FTC says Mastercard used its control over its “tokenisation” process to block the use of competing payment card networks.
Securities / Derivatives
Korea Passes Bill to Ease Audit Burden on Smaller Companies
03/01/2023
The revision bill will benefit almost 1,000 listed companies, exempting them from a requirement to subject their internal accounting management systems to external audits.
Securities / Derivatives
CSRC Proposes Enhanced Rules for Stock Options Trading
03/01/2023
The rules allow futures companies to conduct market-making activities for stock options and require stock exchanges to supervise programmatic trading activities.
SEBI to Enhance Investor Grievance Redressal Mechanism
03/01/2023
SEBI proposes to allow mediation and arbitration to be conducted entirely online and to only have a sole arbitrator rather than a panel deciding cases.
Enforcement
China: Two Former P2P Lending Executives Jailed for 20 Years
03/01/2023
Two executives of now-defunct Tuandai.com were convicted for fundraising fraud and illegal collection of public deposits, among other charges.
Crypto / Digital Assets
China Launching National Digital Assets Platform
03/01/2023
The platform will allow users to register, store and protect intellectual property rights and digital collectibles.
Fintech / Regtech
Shanghai Bourse Launches New Trading Supervision System
03/01/2023
The new system can process more than 500,000 transactions per second in real-time. New issuance underwriting and offline IPO systems also launched.
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