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Crypto / Digital Assets
RBA to Explore Australia-specific Use Cases for CBDC
10/08/2022
The research project is expected to take about a year to complete and will involve the development of a limited-scale CBDC pilot operating in a ring-fenced environment.
AML / KYC
Iran Makes First Import Order Using Crypto – Report
10/08/2022
By end September, the use of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts will be widely used in foreign trade with target countries, an Iranian official said.
Fintech / Regtech
RBI Defers Deadline for Acquiring Banks to Purge Customer Card Data
09/08/2022
All entities in the transaction chain other than acquiring banks, card issuers and card networks must purge card-on-file data from 1 October 2022.
Market Infrastructure
China Regulators Concerned of Shadow Banking Resurgence
09/08/2022
China’s National Audit Office has been reviewing the books of at least 20 trust firms. The CBIRC is strengthening its risk monitoring.
AML / KYC
Russia Bars Asset Sales by Investors from Unfriendly Nations
09/08/2022
A presidential decree prevents investors from so-called unfriendly countries from selling their stakes in banks, strategic entities, and other projects.
AML / KYC
SEBI Issues Rules on Trading Account Deactivation for Inadequate KYC
09/08/2022
Trading or demat accounts will be automatically deactivated if a show-cause notice or order issued by SEBI is undeliverable at the addresses mentioned in KYC records.
Enforcement
Taiwan FSC Penalises Eastspring for Violations by Former CIO
09/08/2022
The former chief investment officer used “another person’s account” to trade the same stock that was being traded by Eastspring.
Capital / Liquidity
MAS Revises Notice to Implement IRRBB Disclosure Requirements
09/08/2022
The revised Notice 637 will take effect from 1 January 2023, implementing the revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements for IRRBB.
Securities / Derivatives
Japan QUICK Corp to Disseminate Real Time ODX Data
09/08/2022
QUICK Corp will disseminate real time market information obtained from Osaka Digital Exchange’s Proprietary Trading System for listed securities.
Market Infrastructure
Australia Issues Revised Cyber Resilience Testing Framework
09/08/2022
The updated version of the CORIE framework follows the CFR’s endorsement of a plan for the wider rollout of the programme.
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