
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.

Reporting & Disclosures
Australia to Form New Standard-setting Body for Financial Reporting
25/01/2025
The new body will provide a “one stop shop” for the development and issuance of accounting, sustainability, auditing and assurance standards.

Credit Risk
HKMA Publishes Banking Sector Priorities for 2025
24/01/2025
The HKMA’s 2025 workplan includes measures to safeguard the banking sector from financial crime, credit risk and cyber risk.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
BSP Issues Draft Rules on Sharing of Financial Account Information
23/01/2025
The rules will implement a requirement of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act, which allows financial account information to be shared with enforcement agencies.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
BSP Revises IT Risk Management Rules to Align with New Anti-Scams Law
23/01/2025
The BSP said BSFIs must comply with the new regulations by 30 June 2025 and that a shared accountability framework will be adopted.

Climate Risk
Super Fund CEOs Highlight Climate Risk Reporting Challenges
22/01/2025
APRA and ASIC called on industry bodies to play a bigger role in supporting super funds including developing a code to facilitate collaboration

Clearing & Post-Trade
LME Approves Hong Kong as a Metals Warehouse Location
21/01/2025
The approval of Hong Kong as a warehouse location aligns with the city’s efforts to bolster its role in global commodities trading

Reporting & Disclosures
PSE Publishes Sustainability Reporting Guidebook for Listed Firms
21/01/2025
The guidebook was developed based on the 2015 model guidance issued by the UN-backed Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative.

Structural Regulation
ASIC Calls on BNPL Providers to Act Early to Secure Licence
21/01/2025
A law passed in December requires BNPL providers to have a licence by 10 June 2025, subject to transitional arrangements

Operational Risk
HKMA Offers Guidance on Implementing Operational Resilience Requirements
21/01/2025
The guidance focuses on mapping interdependencies and scenario testing, to help banks meet a May 2026 deadline for becoming operationally resilient

Data Privacy
Hong Kong PCPD Issues Updated Guidance on Cloud Computing
18/01/2025
The PCPD was prompted to issue the updated guidance following a data breach incident at the Urban Renewal Authority.
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