Fintech / Regtech

Crypto / Digital Assets

EU Parliament Adopts DORA Text, Enforcement Expected in 2025

By Editors | 14/11/2022

New requirements on network and information system security will apply to all financial system participants, including crypto firms and cloud services providers.

ESG / Sustainability

Net-Zero Data Public Utility to Launch as Beta in H2 2023

By Editors | 11/11/2022

The Climate Data Steering Committee has set out the necessary foundational data that will be included in the initial phase of the NZDPU.

Fintech / Regtech

RBNZ Considers Need to Regulate Crypto Assets

By Editors | 11/11/2022

The RBNZ plans to publish an issues paper on the potential need to regulate private cryptoassets early next month.

Fintech / Regtech

OJK Indonesia Launches New Platform for Credit Checks

By Editors | 10/11/2022

The platform will enable debtors to check their own credit records and held lenders decide whether to grant credit to customers.

Fintech / Regtech

Bursa Malaysia Concludes Customers Experience Analytics PoC

By Manesh Samtani | 09/11/2022

A machine learning model was used to gain insights from industry data that will help improve the retail investor experience and outcomes.

Fintech / Regtech

New Zealand to Propose Regulatory Framework for BNPL

By Editors | 08/11/2022

BNPL providers will be required to conduct affordability checks on customers above a proposed value of NZD 600.

AML / KYC

GLEIF Unveils Free Tool to Automate ELF Code Assignment

By Editors | 08/11/2022

The machine learning tool can extract the legal form from unstructured text and automate the assignment of entity legal form codes.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Thai SEC: Revised IT Security Rules to Take Effect in July 2023

By Editors | 08/11/2022

The SEC has strengthened the obligations of capital markets and digital assets firms to supervise and manage the risks to their IT systems.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Regulatory Dynamics for FinTech in Asia Pacific

By Ian Herbison | 08/11/2022

Ian Herbison and Saskia Kendall discuss three dynamics shaping the APAC FinTech industry and the need for partnership between the public and private sectors.