FINTECH / REGTECH

Fintech / Regtech

SEBI Grants MCX Approval to Launch New Platform

By Mark Johnston | 11/10/2023

The new web-based commodity derivatives platform will launch on 16 October after being put on hold last month.

Big Picture

Public-Private Partnership Key for G20 Cross-Border Payment Targets: FSB

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 10/10/2023

FSB’s Rupert Thorne tells Regulation Asia how public and private sectors play critical roles in achieving the G20’s cross-border payment targets.

Fintech / Regtech

RBI Allows Banks to Introduce Card Token Facilities

By Editors | 09/10/2023

Card token creation has until now only been available through merchant applications or websites, not issuer banks.

Fintech / Regtech

ASX Pledges to Remediate Issues Identified in RBA Assessment

By Manesh Samtani | 09/10/2023

The RBA said ASX has been operating at a “heightened level of overall risk level for an extended period” and this needs to be addressed “promptly”.

Fintech / Regtech

Don’t Delay the Inevitable: T+1 Settlement is Imminent

By Val Wotton | 09/10/2023

DTCC’s Val Wotton discusses what the US move to a shorter settlement cycle means for Asia and beyond.

Fintech / Regtech

BNM to Finalise Licensing Framework for Digital Insurers in 2024

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/10/2023

Following consultation, BNM said it would refine and enhance several aspects of the framework for digital insurers and takaful operators.

Fintech / Regtech

APAC Central Banks Explore Common Protocol for Regulatory Policy

By Manesh Samtani | 05/10/2023

Project Mandala will be run by BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre, along with the RBA, BOK, BNM and MAS, with collaboration from FIs.

Fintech / Regtech

BIS to Advise Korea on Design & Implementation of CBDC Pilot

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/10/2023

South Korean regulators will start testing a wholesale CBDC with commercial banks this month, and a retail CBDC in Q4 of next year.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BIS Project Yields PoC Data Platform for Analysing Global Crypto Flows

By Manesh Samtani | 04/10/2023

Project Atlas combines on- and off-chain information to create a data platform that allows policymakers and central banks to analyse international flows of cryptoassets.