
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.

KYC & CDD
Westpac NZ to Pilot New ‘Basic’ Bank Account Service
15/04/2025
A basic bank account was one of the 2023 recommendations of a 14-month competition study by the Commerce Commission.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Sues Wiluna Mining Over 2022 Disclosure Breaches
15/04/2025
Wiluna Mining announced in June 2022 that it had raised A$57.3mn when only A$50.3mn of funds were actually received.

Cryptocurrency
Philippine SEC Launches New Regulatory Sandbox for Crypto
15/04/2025
The SEC is inviting firms to apply to participate in testing products and services in a new crypto regulatory sandbox.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
HKMA Directs SVF Licensees to Implement Anti-Scam Measures
15/04/2025
SVF licensees are directed to use the measures set out in a December 2024 circular initially intended for authorised institutions.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
HKMA Unveils New Measures to Bolster E-Banking Security
15/04/2025
Banks must empower customers to adopt bound devices instead of SMS OTPs and deactivate higher risk e-banking functions.

Cryptocurrency
SFC Grants First Approvals Allowing Crypto Staking Services
14/04/2025
HashKey and OSL can expand their product and service offerings to provide staking as a service to clients, including retail clients.

Trading & Investment
Philippine Regulators Urge Energy Firms to Tap Capital Market
14/04/2025
The SEC has simplified its registration requirements to make it easy for power generation and distribution companies to publicly issue securities.

Anti-Money Laundering
HKMA Announces New Measures to Combat Financial Crime
11/04/2025
HKMA, HKPF and HKAB have jointly announced new measures to strengthen the response to fraud and money laundering.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Consults on Plan to Publish Breach and Complaints Data
11/04/2025
ASIC proposes to publish regulated firms’ breach and complaints data in H2 this year to enhance transparency and accountability.co
AI Risk & Governance
HKIMR Publishes Findings on GenAI Adoption Among Hong Kong FIs
10/04/2025
75 percent of surveyed FIs have rolled out or implemented at least one GenAI use case or are currently piloting and designing use cases.
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