Fintech / Regtech

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Bursa Malaysia Concludes Blockchain Bond POC with STACS

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/06/2021

    The collaborative efforts from the PoC have established a new ‘Bond in a Box’ operating model that shows commercial potentials, the project report says.

    AML / KYC

    Addressing Sanctions Risk in Maritime Trade

    By Manesh Samtani | 02/06/2021

    Banks facilitating transactions involving maritime trade must put in place systems and processes to detect illicit activity that could result in a breach of sanctions regulations.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    DBS Issues First STO on New Digital Exchange

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/06/2021

    The issuance paves the way for other issuers to access the capital markets through STO issuances as asset tokenisation turns mainstream, DBS says.

    Fintech / Regtech

    PBOC Explores New Financial Data Sharing Ecosystem

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/06/2021

    The so-called “data-sharing hub” will allow data sharing between trusted institutions in a way that ensures that the source data can be used but not seen or moved.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Leveraged Crypto Trading Threatens Financial System: BOK

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 31/05/2021

    High leverage, price volatility and increased trading in crypto assets puts households at risk of financial damages, which could impact the financial system.

    Fintech / Regtech

    S. Korea: Internet Banks to Boost Low Credit Score Lending

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 30/05/2021

    Internet-only banks will expand lending to mid to low credit borrowers to at least 30 percent of total lending by end-2023.

    Uncategorised

    FSC Korea to Promote Greater Use of Analytics in Financial Sector

    By Editors | 27/05/2021

    The FSC will introduce new measures later this year to increase the use of anonymised data that can be aggregated to perform data analytics.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Taiwan to Enable Interoperability Between E-payment Providers

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 27/05/2021

    Amendments due to take effect from 1 July will enable users of e-payment services and stored-value facilities to transfer money across platforms.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Regulators Order Tencent to Establish Financial Holding Company

    By Editors | 27/05/2021

    Like Ant Group, Tencent will have to submit a reorganisation plan to regulators specifying which businesses the new financial holding company will absorb.

    Fintech / Regtech

    WhatsApp Files Lawsuit Against India Over Traceability Rules

    By Editors | 27/05/2021

    The new laws give the Indian government greater power to monitor online activity and require data to be stored in a “traceable” database.

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