
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.

Structural Regulation
ASIC Reviewing Product Governance of BNPL Providers
05/06/2023
ASIC issued an interim stop order against a BNPL product but revoked the order a day later due to “immediate corrective action” by the provider.

Payments & Settlements
Updated ePayments Code Takes Effect in Australia
05/06/2023
The updated ePayments Code strengthens protections for consumers and obliges banks to help customers recover money that has been transferred in error.

AI Risk & Governance
InvestHK Launches 2023 Fintech Fast Track Programme
05/06/2023
13 finalists from fintech, AI and Web3 scaleups will be selected to pitch in person at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023.

KYC & CDD
FIs Must ‘Strictly’ Perform CDD on DNFBP Clients, BSP Says
04/06/2023
CDD includes identifying and verifying the true identities and beneficial owners of DNFBP clients such as lawyers, accountants and real estate developers.

Structural Regulation
ASIC Issues First Stop Order on Superannuation Product
04/06/2023
The interim stop orders were made against Spaceship Super and three managed funds promoted by Spaceship Capital due to deficient TMDs.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC to Leverage Regtech to Improve Listed Company Disclosures
02/06/2023
ASIC and regtech firm Eastern Analytica will jointly develop a solution to help address poor market disclosures by listed firms.

Structural Regulation
HKMA Issues Public List of Bank-Owned Trust Businesses
02/06/2023
All entities on the list have provided the HKMA an annual declaration on their compliance with a new code of conduct for bank-related trust businesses.

Cryptocurrency
EU Officials Formally Sign MiCA Into Law
02/06/2023
The MiCA legislation was signed into law on Wednesday by European Parliament president Roberta Metsola and Swedish minister Peter Kullgren.

AI Risk & Governance
EU, US Jointly Developing Voluntary Code of Conduct for AI
02/06/2023
The first-of-its-kind voluntary code of conduct for AI could be drawn up within weeks, said EU official Margrethe Vestager.

Cloud & Infrastructure
BNM Incorporates Cloud-specific Risks in Regulatory Framework
02/06/2023
BNM has updated its policy on risk management in technology to include requirements on the adoption and use of public cloud infrastructure.
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