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    Capital / Liquidity

    Thailand Asks State Banks to Help Debtors with NPLs

    21/04/2022

    Five state banks are asked to grant defer repayments and grant new loans to debtors who are already past due on old debt.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Australia to Launch First Crypto ETFs Next Week

    21/04/2022

    Cosmos Asset Management will issue an ETF offering indirect exposure to Bitcoin. 21Shares will offer direct crypto exposures through a Bitcoin ETF and an Ether ETF.

    RBI Issues New Rules on NBFC Compliance Function

    21/04/2022

    Upper and middle layer NBFCs have until 1 October 2023 to install a compliance function and chief compliance officer.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Japan FSA Publishes Research on Overseas Data Collection Platforms

    20/04/2022

    A survey of overseas authorities was conducted to inform the development of a “joint data platform” that will be used by both the FSA and BOJ.

    AML / KYC

    20 Year Old Pleads Guilty in OCBC Phishing Scam Case

    20/04/2022

    The individual worked with other youths to provide overseas syndicates control of bank accounts that were used to receive and dissipate funds obtained through scams.

    Big Picture

    WFE Publishes Paper on Human Rights Disclosure Practices

    19/04/2022

    The paper addresses social washing concerns and offers guidance for exchanges on reporting against human-rights related reporting frameworks.

    Capital / Liquidity

    PBOC, SAFE Step Up Support for Covid-Hit Economy

    19/04/2022

    Banks are asked to increase lending, delay loan repayments, defer overdue loan reclassification, and support infrastructure projects and property developers.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Singapore Tightens Requirements for Family Office Tax Breaks

    19/04/2022

    The new requirements are expected to slow the market’s growth but over time attract larger and more wealthy families to set up in Singapore.

    Big Picture

    SBTi Offers Guidance to FIs on Setting Net Zero Targets

    19/04/2022

    SBTi’s new paper provides principles, definitions, metrics, and target formulation considerations for FIs to set quantitative net-zero targets.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Bangladesh Bank Issues Provisioning Policy for ‘Other Assets’

    19/04/2022

    Banks will have to hold ‘bad debt’ level provisions against funds allocated for certain business expenditures if they sit on the balance sheet as ‘other assets’ for over a year.

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