Sanday Chongo Kabange

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    Sanday Chongo Kabange is an experienced multimedia journalist and a contributor to Regulation Asia. He focuses on compliance, regulatory and legal issues for financial services.

    Articles by Sanday Chongo Kabange

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    ASIC Cancels FTX Australia’s AFS Licence

    20/07/2023

    FTX Australia may provide “limited financial services” related to termination of existing derivatives with clients until the end of 12 July 2024.

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    Enforcement

    ASIC Issues First Stop Order on Life Insurance Products

    20/07/2023

    ASIC issued the interim stop order against Clearview Life to protect consumers from acquiring two income protection cover products that may not be consistent with their needs.

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    Korea Forms Taskforce to Draw Up Corporate Governance Guidelines for Banks

    20/07/2023

    The guidelines will cover CEO appointments, management succession procedures, and evaluation and supporting systems for independent directors.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Korea FSC Designates Eight More ‘Data Specialising Institutions’

    19/07/2023

    The newly designated firms are allowed to converge anonymised and pseudonymised data from different businesses for analytics purposes.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    NZ FMA Issues Guidance on Climate-related Scenario Analysis

    19/07/2023

    The information sheet offers guidance on the disclosures firms have to make about the methods and assumptions underlying their scenario analysis and how the process has been conducted.

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    Market Infrastructure

    Hong Kong to Launch New eMPF Platform in Q2 2024

    19/07/2023

    Software development was largely completed in June. Testing will be completed within this year. Migration will commence in Q2 2024.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Korea FSS Launches New Online Licence Application Platform

    18/07/2023

    The new “S.T.A.R.T” platform allows applicants to submit licensing, registration and accreditation applications digitally.

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    Korea Issues Revised Guidelines on Accounting Fraud Investigations

    17/07/2023

    The guidelines require external auditors to notify companies of any accounting fraud worth more than KRW 5 billion.

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    Market Infrastructure

    APRA Finalises New Cross-industry Standard on Operational Risk

    17/07/2023

    Boards should pay particular attention to ventures that may give rise to material or novel operational risks, including activities associated with crypto assets.

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    Enforcement

    Cigno, BHF Solutions Breached National Credit Act, Court Rules

    15/07/2023

    Australia’s Federal Court said the lending model the firms operated was specifically intended to avoid provisions of the National Credit Act.

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