Capital / Liquidity

S.Korea Relaxes Banks’ CAR Rules

20/12/2016

New rules reduce burden from meeting international standards; raise capital ratio, common stock capital.

Market Infrastructure

India Set to Finalise Commodity Options Regime

20/12/2016

Sources say SEBI aims to finalise regulatory framework before Union Budget in February.

Market Infrastructure

EC Grants CCP/Trading Venue Equivalency to 6 APAC Jurisdictions

20/12/2016

CCP regulation deemed equivalent in India, New Zealand and Japan; venues in Australia, Japan and Singapore.

Uncategorised

Greater Mekong Region – 2016 in Review

19/12/2016

Small markets working together to create a big difference through banking integration, fintech innovation.

Market Infrastructure

Vietnam Drafts New Internet Banking Rules

19/12/2016

New rules aim to respect copyright, enhance client data security.

Securities / Derivatives

HK SFC Asks Brokerage to Freeze Client Account

19/12/2016

Regulator says client account is suspected of being involved in market manipulation, account hacking.

AML / KYC

Another Ex-BSI Singapore Banker Jailed, Fined

19/12/2016

Yvonne Seah the second person convicted as a result of Singapore’s 1MDB investigation.

AML / KYC

S.Korea to Introduce AI System to Boost AML, CTF

19/12/2016

System to increase accuracy of isolating suspicious transactions from normal business.

AML / KYC

RBI Officials Arrested for ‘Unauthorised Money Exchange’

19/12/2016

Two officials said to have given away new notes amounting to almost $300,000.