Market Infrastructure

Taiwan Approves International Mobile Payment Operators

13/05/2016

Apple Pay among group of providers approved by cabinet despite regulator’s concerns about data security.

Market Infrastructure

SGX Enhances Share Suspension Reporting

13/05/2016

Exchange will report every six months on stocks suspended for more than a year.

Market Infrastructure

UK, Singapore Launch ‘Fintech Bridge’

12/05/2016

Regulators to refer financial technology firms to other jurisdictions, share information.

Market Infrastructure

SEBI Revises Infrastructure Investment Trust Rules

12/05/2016

Vehicles to require institutional investment of 75%, expected to encourage international participation.

Market Infrastructure

IOSCO to Increase Enforcement Cooperation

12/05/2016

Regulators agree to exchange of ISP and telephone records, but not the content of communications.

Capital / Liquidity

India Passes Bankruptcy Code

11/05/2016

India passed its Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, seen as a key element in making the country’s corporate bond market more […]

CBRC Curbs Sale of Classified Asset Management Products

11/05/2016

Sale of products split into priority and secondary tranches restricted amid rising debt defaults.

AML / KYC

HK Banks Should ‘Gold-plate’ Anti-Bribery Efforts – Eversheds

11/05/2016

Law firm uses JP Morgan ‘princelings’ case to illustrate need to benchmark against highest global standards.

Market Infrastructure

Details of Japan’s ‘Dynamic Supervision’ Emerge

11/05/2016

Financial Services Agency reveals thinking on bank risk models, stress tests.