Sanday Chongo Kabange
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
Structural Regulation
Australia to Further Amend Design & Distribution Obligations Law
15/08/2021
The planned changes will make the DDOs law more appropriate for the mortgage broking sector, and clarify that margin lending to corporates is exempt, among other changes.
Supervision & Enforcement
CBIRC Launches Crackdown on Online Insurance Firms
15/08/2021
The CBIRC has ordered online insurers to conduct self-checks to identify violations, make immediate corrections and hold responsible personnel to account.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Australian Court Orders BOQ to Replace Unfair Contract Terms
15/08/2021
Bank of Queensland has been ordered to replace unfair contract terms in all standard form contracts with small business customers entered into from November 2016.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Poly Network Hackers Return Almost All of Stolen Funds
13/08/2021
Hackers have returned nearly all of the USD 613 million worth of digital tokens stolen on Tuesday, says Poly Network.
Payments & Settlements
ACCC Sees Price Transparency Improvements Among FX Remitters
13/08/2021
The ACCC says 12 of 15 prominent remitters are either adhering to best practice for price disclosure or need to make only minor improvements.
Anti-Money Laundering
ICAC Charges Company Director for Fraud, Money Laundering
13/08/2021
The director faces charges for defrauding BOCHK into making L/C payments to a supplier and then laundering the proceeds back to his own company.
Structural Regulation
DTCC Urges Readiness for MAS Derivatives Reporting Requirements
12/08/2021
Finance companies, subsidiaries of banks in Singapore, insurers and CMS licence holders will come into scope for reporting from 1 October.
Structural Regulation
Australia Passes Amendments to Continuous Disclosure Laws
12/08/2021
Companies can provide forward-looking guidance to the market without the fear of class actions if forecasts are found to be inaccurate.
Structural Regulation
FMA Proposes Financial Reporting Exemptions for Insolvent Firms
11/08/2021
New Zealand’s FMA is considering introducing a class exemption for insolvent FMC reporting entities from certain financial reporting obligations.
Emerging Prudential Risks
New Zealand Parliament Passes Reserve Bank Bill
11/08/2021
The bill will strengthen the RBNZ’s decision-making, governance, independence and accountability, and change its funding model.
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