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Fintech / Regtech
India: RBIH Wants Banks to Use AI to Detect Mule Accounts
03/12/2024
The Reserve Bank Innovation Hub is reportedly in talks with ten public and private banks about adopting its “Mulehunter.Ai” tool to identify mule accounts.
Sanctions
US Targets China Chip Production With New Export Controls
03/12/2024
The controls aim to further impair China’s ability to procure and produce technology for its military modernisation, WMD programmes, and ability to repress human rights.
Capital / Liquidity
HKMA Revises Guideline for Bank on Capital Adequacy Regime
03/12/2024
The revised SPM module incorporates changes to align with the Basel III final reforms which take effect from 1 January 2025.
Market Infrastructure
Australia Passes Legislation on Tax Transparency and Global Minimum Tax
03/12/2024
Certain multinational enterprises will begin public country-by-country reporting of tax and other financial information, backdated from 1 July 2024.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Works to Ease Funding Pressure Through Liquidity Injections
03/12/2024
The PBOC conducted ¥800bn in outright reverse repo transactions and bought a net ¥200bn of sovereign bonds in November. An RRR cut is likely still needed.
Sanctions
BRICS Nations Face ‘100% Tariffs’ if They Move Away from USD
02/12/2024
President-elect Trump said the BRICS nations will face “100% Tariffs” if they create a new BRICS currency or back any other currency to replace the US dollar.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI to Make Stock Exchanges Interoperable to Guard Against Outages
02/12/2024
The NSE and BSE will act as alternative trading venues for each other when a technical glitch or outage occurs at either exchange.
Sanctions
Iran Launch of CBDC to Combat Sanctions is ‘Imminent’ – Report
02/12/2024
The Central Bank of Iran also recently launched a SWIFT alternative, the “ACU-MIR” system, which is enabling transactions with countries such as India and Pakistan.
China NFRA Encouraging Banks to Lend to Small & Micro Enterprises
02/12/2024
The NFRA has revised its framework for annual regulatory evaluations of banks to increase focus on the provision of credit to micro and small enterprises.
Crypto / Digital Assets
HKMA Announces Launch of Digital Bond Grant Scheme
30/11/2024
The scheme offers grants of up to HK$2.5mn for each eligible digital bond issuance to promote bond tokenisation in Hong Kong.
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