Fintech / Regtech

Fintech / Regtech

Korean Payment Firms Required to Improve Fee Transparency

By Editors | 07/01/2023

Ten payment services are required to disclose payment commission rates charged to businesses, including Naver Pay, Kakao Pay and Toss Pay.

AML / KYC

NYDFS Ends Coinbase AML Probe With $100m Settlement

By Editors | 05/01/2023

The settlement includes a $50mn penalty and a commitment by Coinbase to invest a further $50mn in its compliance programme over the next two years.

Fintech / Regtech

CBIRC Approves Capital Raise by Ant’s Consumer Finance Unit

By Editors | 05/01/2023

The approval is being hailed as a “milestone” after Chinese regulators forced Ant Group to cancel its IPO in November 2020 and ordered it to restructure.

AML / KYC

HKMA to Scale Up AML Efforts in 2023: Carmen Chu

By Bradley Maclean | 04/01/2023

Executive Director Carmen Chu discusses the actions the HKMA is taking to disrupt AML threats to Hong Kong, and technology initiatives that are making a difference.

Enforcement

CSRC Bars Two Online Brokers from Onboarding Mainland Investors

By Editors | 04/01/2023

Futu Holdings and Tiger Brokers have been offering offshore trading services to mainland clients though they are not licensed in China.

Fintech / Regtech

BNM Finalises New Rules for Electronic Money Issuers

By Editors | 03/01/2023

E-money issuers with more than 500,000 active users are subject to stricter governance, business continuity management and technology risk management requirements.

Fintech / Regtech

Shanghai Bourse Launches New Trading Supervision System

By Editors | 03/01/2023

The new system can process more than 500,000 transactions per second in real-time. New issuance underwriting and offline IPO systems also launched.

Fintech / Regtech

Hong Kong Consults on Crowdfunding Regulatory Regime 

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/01/2023

A Crowdfunding Affairs Office will be set up to centrally process and coordinate regulatory and administrative matters related to crowdfunding activities.

Fintech / Regtech

Korea FSC to Revise Rules to Mitigate IT Security Risks

By Manesh Samtani | 02/01/2023

On-site inspection will be initiated “immediately” in the event that financial services are interrupted for more than three hours due to a computer accident.