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FSC Korea to Promote Greater Use of Analytics in Financial Sector
27/05/2021
The FSC will introduce new measures later this year to increase the use of anonymised data that can be aggregated to perform data analytics.
AML / KYC
RBNZ Takes Court Action Against TSB Bank for AML Failures
27/05/2021
The court action and pecuniary penalties sought are a result of TSB Bank not responding sufficiently to the RBNZ’s initial formal warning in 2016.
Fintech / Regtech
Regulators Order Tencent to Establish Financial Holding Company
27/05/2021
Like Ant Group, Tencent will have to submit a reorganisation plan to regulators specifying which businesses the new financial holding company will absorb.
Fintech / Regtech
WhatsApp Files Lawsuit Against India Over Traceability Rules
27/05/2021
The new laws give the Indian government greater power to monitor online activity and require data to be stored in a “traceable” database.
Fintech / Regtech
MAS Partners with Mojaloop Foundation on Financial Inclusion
27/05/2021
The partnership will bring together MAS’ policy development perspectives and Mojaloop’s digital payments capability to advance financial inclusion.
Big Picture
NGFS Publishes Preliminary Findings on Climate-related Data Gaps
26/05/2021
The availability of reliable climate-related data requires swift progress on disclosures, global taxonomy, and transparent and quality-assured metrics, the NGFS says.
Fintech / Regtech
Malaysia Launches Islamic Fintech Accelerator Programme
26/05/2021
The FIKRA Islamic Fintech Accelerator Programme seeks to promote an Islamic fintech innovation ecosystem in Malaysia’s capital market.
Enforcement
Korea FSS Orders IBK to Compensate Investors Over Mis-sold Funds
26/05/2021
The FSS said IBK failed to adequately inform customers of potential high risks and lacked internal controls to monitor the selling process.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Bank Indonesia Explores CBDC as Legal Payment Instrument
26/05/2021
The central bank is assessing which platform and technology it will use to issue a digital rupiah as a legal digital payment instrument in Indonesia.
Sanctions
Hong Kong Considers Replacing State Street as TraHK Manager
26/05/2021
Officials reportedly commissioned an independent study to review State Street’s role in managing Hong Kong’s Tracker Fund.
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