Thisanka Siripala

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    Thisanka Siripala is an experienced journalist and a reporter for Regulation Asia based in Japan.

    Articles by Thisanka Siripala

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Korea Amends Financial Support Act to Aid Low-Credit Individuals

    18/03/2025

    The move increases contribution rates financial institutions must allocate to a financial support fund for low-income people.

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    Australia to Guarantee ANZ Operations in Pacific Islands

    18/03/2025

    ANZ will invest an additional AUD 50 million to help address a decline in the number of foreign banks willing to serve the region.

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    AML / KYC

    Korea Rolls Out Nationwide Mobile Resident Registration Card

    18/03/2025

    The initiative allows residents to access digital identification through their smartphones for use in activities such as bank account opening.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    FSS Korea Meets with FinTech CEOs to Outline Supervisory Plans

    18/03/2025

    The meeting included executives from major fintech firms such as Kakao Pay, Toss Payments, Coupang Pay, and Naver Financial.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    South Korea to Install Formal Insurer Capital Requirements

    17/03/2025

    The FSC plans to introduce a mandatory threshold for insurers’ basic capital K-ICS ratio to improve capital quality.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Australia Clarifies Managed Investment Trusts Tax Rules

    17/03/2025

    New tax amendments confirm that foreign pension funds can continue accessing concessional withholding tax rates through MITs.

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    Enforcement

    Japan Moves to Tighten Regulations on Online Casinos

    17/03/2025

    Japan is considering measures to restrict payments to online casinos as well as advertisements promoting their services.

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    AML / KYC

    Korea Introduces New Safeguard to Prevent Unauthorised Account Opening

    17/03/2025

    Consumers can apply for the ‘Non-Face-to-Face Account Opening Safe Block’ service to preemptively prevent the unauthorised creation of deposit accounts.

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    AML / KYC

    Taiwan Government-Owned Bank Fined for AML Failures

    17/03/2025

    Bank of Taiwan staff made repeated remittances to foreign virtual asset exchanges over several years without investigating alerts.

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    Enforcement

    ASIC Warns Payday Lenders Over Potential Regulatory Breaches

    14/03/2025

    ASIC found that some payday lenders have structured their business models to avoid consumer protection obligations.

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