Fintech / Regtech

    Fintech / Regtech

    OECD Examines Policy Implications of DeFi in New Report

    By Mark Johnston | 22/01/2022

    An increased use of stablecoins constitutes “one of the greatest points of vulnerability of the DeFi market” and a potential channel of risk transmission to the traditional financial markets.

    Fintech / Regtech

    BSP to Enhance Policy Formulation Through Big Data

    By Editors | 19/01/2022

    The BSP has partnered with the University of the Philippines to develop a News Sentiment Index, which will lead to more targeted policy formulation.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    ASIC Warns Against Investing Super in Crypto Assets

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/01/2022

    ASIC says individuals who set up self-managed super funds may be increasingly targeted by scammers to invest in crypto-assets.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Crypto Firms Should Not Advertise to Retail Customers: MAS

    By Mark Johnston | 18/01/2022

    New guidelines say crypto firms should refrain from advertising their services in public areas in Singapore or via social media influencers.

    Enforcement

    IOSCO Proposes Measures to Address Risks from Online Marketing

    By Manesh Samtani | 18/01/2022

    IOSCO proposes policy and enforcement measures to address risks in online marketing and distribution of financial products to retail investors.

    Fintech / Regtech

    MAS Grants RMO Licence to Digital Asset Platform ECXX

    By Editors | 17/01/2022

    ECXX Global Pte Ltd entered Sandbox Express in August 2020 as a digital asset exchange platform providing investors access to security tokens.

    Fintech / Regtech

    FSC Korea Reiterates Plans to Regulate Bigtech in Financial Services

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/01/2022

    The FSC will apply “same rules for same services” to ensure fair competition between bigtech firms and financial institutions.

    AML / KYC

    Crime Becoming Smaller Part of Crypto Ecosystem: Report

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/01/2022

    Chainalysis estimates that illicit wallet addresses received $14bn throughout 2021, but this represented just 0.15% of total transaction volumes in crypto during the year.

    Fintech / Regtech

    China State Planner Declares Cryptocurrency Mining Obsolete

    By Mark Johnston | 14/01/2022

    The NDRC said that measures to stamp out cryptocurrency mining are part of efforts to help achieve peak carbon and carbon neutrality targets on schedule.

    Fintech / Regtech

    South Korea to Designate More ‘Data Specialising Institutions’

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/01/2022

    Data specialising institutions are allowed to converge anonymised and pseudonymised data originating from different businesses for analytics purposes.

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