Sanday Chongo Kabange

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    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

    Capital Adequacy

    Sri Lanka Central Bank Directs Banks to Defer Dividends

    28/07/2021

    The CBSL issued the directives after considering the possible adverse impact on liquidity and other KPIs of banks due to Covid-19.

    Payments & Settlements

    Eftpos Explores Better Access to Electronic Payments by Fintechs

    28/07/2021

    A new committee has been formed with FinTech Australia to facilitate discussion on enhancing fintech firms’ access to the eftpos network.

    Sustainable Finance

    Singapore’s CTX to Debut Cross-border Trading of China Carbon Credits

    27/07/2021

    Cyberdyne Tech Exchange said its carbon neutrality tokens, or CNTs, would pave the way for carbon credits to be transferred across international borders.

    Structural Regulation

    RBNZ, FMA Consult on Implementation of FMI Act

    27/07/2021

    The consultation seeks views on how financial market infrastructures will be identified as systemically important and the proposed approach to developing standards.

    Market Data & Technology

    New Body Formed to Promote Open Standards for Capital Markets

    27/07/2021

    The GLML Foundation is developing general-purpose legal markup language as an open data standard for capital markets.

    Structural Regulation

    Thailand SEC Consults on Securities Law Revisions

    27/07/2021

    The amended Securities and Exchange Act will promote cooperation between financial market regulators including the SEC, BOT and OIC.

    Data Privacy

    Chinese Firms Redirect IPOs From New York to Hong Kong

    26/07/2021

    Chinese authorities are considering severe penalties for Didi Chuxing, which proceeded with its New York IPO despite being asked to first submit to a cybersecurity review.

    Trading & Investment

    Shanghai to Test Yuan in Cross-border Financial Products

    26/07/2021

    Shanghai’s Pudong New Area will be able to freely use the yuan in cross-border financial products in a new pilot programme.

    CBDCs

    RBI Working Towards Phased Implementation of CBDC

    25/07/2021

    Like other central banks, the RBI has been exploring a CBDC and is now examining use cases which could be implemented with little or no disruption.

    Structural Regulation

    Hong Kong Introduces Bill to Boost FRC’s Regulatory Powers

    25/07/2021

    Under the proposed regime, regulatory powers currently vested with the HKICPA will be transferred to the Financial Reporting Council.

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