Manesh Samtani
Manesh Samtani is Editor at Regulation Asia, where he leads the editorial and research teams from Hong Kong. His work examines how regulatory change and technology are reshaping banking and financial markets, with a particular focus on digital assets, financial crime and sanctions. Manesh is a former securities industry practitioner and holds a bachelor's degree in finance and banking. manesh@regulationasia.com
Articles by Manesh Samtani
Cloud & Infrastructure
Microsoft Outage Disrupting Businesses and Governments Globally
13/11/2026
A global Microsoft 365 outage has prompted banks and industry experts to warn of heightened social engineering threats, insurance gaps, and data compliance risks.
PEPs & Sanctions
G7 Ministers Target Sanctions Evasion, Crypto Crime and AI Risks
13/11/2026
G7 foreign ministers have outlined new priorities for economic security, targeting sanctions circumvention, cryptocurrency thefts, and frontier AI risks.
Trading & Investment
Mainland China Sees Growth In Onshore RMB Derivatives
13/11/2026
Onshore renminbi interest rate derivatives trading increased in the first half of 2026, supported by Swap Connect enhancements and benchmark transitions.
PEPs & Sanctions
US BIS Extends Suspension of OFAC-Like Affiliates Rule
11/11/2026
The US Bureau of Industry and Security has extended the suspension of its expanded end-user controls until January 2027.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Hong Kong Expands Scam Interventions as Encounters Rise - Report
11/11/2026
New GASA report examines rising scam encounters in Hong Kong, prompting expanded stop-payment mechanisms and upstream interventions by authorities and FIs.
US Treasury Cuts Off Crypto Exchange MEXC From Financial System
10/11/2026
The US Treasury has barred US financial institutions from processing transfers involving MEXC Global, citing severe AML deficiencies.
Anti-Money Laundering
Systematic Tracing Needed to Disrupt Transnational Wildlife Trafficking: C4ADS
09/11/2026
Policymakers and authorities are being urged to systematically trace wildlife seizures to dismantle the transnational logistics networks facilitating illicit trade.
Nature & Biodiversity
UN And TNFD Launch Nature Action Plan For Stock Exchanges
09/11/2026
The UN SSE Initiative and TNFD have introduced a new action plan to help stock exchanges and regulators integrate nature-related considerations into capital markets.
AI Risk & Governance
CSRC Issues LLM Assessment Guidelines For Securities Industry
09/11/2026
The CSRC has published new guidelines for financial institutions to assess and select large language models for industry applications.
Structural Regulation
GIFT City's Planned Introduction of VCC Structure in "Advanced Stage"
06/11/2026
IFSCA Chairman Shri K. Rajaraman highlighted principle-based regulations, digital compliance mandates, and progress towards a proposed VCC structure at the AIMA forum.
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