
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.

Market Abuse
ASIC Fines Openmarkets Record $4.5m for Compliance Failures
06/07/2023
ASIC says Openmarkets did not carry out effective trade surveillance, and banned its former acting head of trading for three years.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
India: Former Chair of Coop Bank Arrested on Fraud Allegations
06/07/2023
India’s Enforcement Directorate arrested the ex-chairman of Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank in connection with a fraud investigation.

Trading & Investment
Bursa Malaysia Assumes Investor Relations Function
06/07/2023
Bursa Malaysia will serve as the single point of reference for investor relations matters. MIRA is discontinued.

Payments & Settlements
RBI to Require Card Issuers to Offer Network Optionality
06/07/2023
Banks and other card issuers will have to provide options for customers to freely choose which card networks processes their payments.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
FMA Imposes Permanent Stop Order on Validus International
05/07/2023
The permanent stop order bars Validus and its associated persons from offering or promoting its financial products to New Zealanders.

Cybersecurity
APRA Reveals Early Results from Cybersecurity Assessments
05/07/2023
APRA identified six common control gaps in the first tranche of CPS 234 assessments, and offers recommendations to address them.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption
Seoul Police Probes Suspected Illegal Payments at Kakao Pay
05/07/2023
Kakao Pay is alleged to have received illegal subsidies from NICE Information & Telecommunication, a leading value-added network operator.

Capital Adequacy
Cambodia Issues New Rules on Capital Adequacy, Credit Risk
05/07/2023
The NBC says the new rules will incentivise lenders to release more loans to businesses and ensure finance is available at “reasonable interest rates”.

Cybersecurity
SEBI Consults on Consolidated Cyber Resilience Framework for REs
05/07/2023
The new draft master framework, open for consultation until 25 July, consolidates 15 individual circulars on cybersecurity issued since 2015.

Operational Risk
APRA Fines BNK Banking Corp for Late Reporting of EFS Data
04/07/2023
APRA said BNK Banking Corporation was 32 days late in filing statistical reports for the month ending 28 February 2023.
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