Fintech / Regtech

Capital / Liquidity

Centralised Valuation Engine: An Uplift to Compliance & Decision Making

By Manesh Samtani | 27/07/2021

The benefits of a centralised valuation engine for derivatives portfolios have become more apparent for banks amid the pandemic and as the final Basel requirements loom.

AML / KYC

HKMA Issues Guide for Regtech Adoption in Customer Monitoring

By Manesh Samtani | 27/07/2021

The Guide will help banks assess whether they have the appropriate governance, controls, skills, infrastructure and underlying data to adopt Regtech solutions in ongoing monitoring of customers.

AML / KYC

Singapore: “Several” DPT Licences in Final Stages of Review

By Editors | 27/07/2021

Of around 170 digital payment token service providers who applied for a licence, 30 applications have been withdrawn after engagement with MAS and two have been rejected.

Fintech / Regtech

New Body Formed to Promote Open Standards for Capital Markets

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/07/2021

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

Fintech / Regtech

RBI Working Towards Phased Implementation of CBDC

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 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.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Launches Commercial Data Interchange Innovation Hub

By Editors | 23/07/2021

The Hub will further facilitate the development and adoption of the CDI by helping to match potential data providers and data users.

Fintech / Regtech

MAS, SFA Launch 2021 SFF Global FinTech Awards

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 22/07/2021

The theme for the 2021 awards is “Emerging from a pandemic, the road to recovery”. The awards will be hosted entirely on API Exchange.

AML / KYC

Japan Banks to Deploy Shared System for AML/CFT Monitoring

By Manesh Samtani | 22/07/2021

The FSA’s Hiroshi Ozaki said the banking sector is planning to deploy a shared transaction monitoring and screening system for AML/CFT across the industry.

Fintech / Regtech

China Banking Body Mulls Certification for Fintech Professionals

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/07/2021

The China Banking Association plans to launch a government-approved certification programme for fintech professionals.