Fintech / Regtech

Fintech / Regtech

ASX Opens First Industry Test Environment for CHESS Replacement

By Editors | 01/12/2021

ITE1 is open for software providers to test functional and non-functional workflows for the new equities clearing and settlement system.

Fintech / Regtech

MAS Grants Fourth Digital Payment Token Licence

By Editors | 30/11/2021

Crypto payments firm TripleA is the fourth company to receive a DPT licence in Singapore after FOMO Pay, DBS Vickers and Independent Reserve.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Allows Digital Banks to Participate in Monetary Operations

By Editors | 30/11/2021

Digital banks and unit investment trust funds can also participate in the secondary market for central bank securities.

Fintech / Regtech

ACCC to Launch CDR Sandbox to Support Innovation

By Editors | 30/11/2021

The sandbox aims to help current and prospective CDR participants build and test their solutions faster, and improve accuracy and quality.

Fintech / Regtech

Ant Group Separates Loan Services from Partner Lending

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/11/2021

Consumers must give consent for their credit data to be shared with the PBOC to use Ant Group’s lending services.

Fintech / Regtech

Taiwan FSC to Ease Rules on Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing

By Darien Choong | 29/11/2021

Automated execution of portfolio rebalancing transactions will be allowed, subject to the rebalancing thresholds agreed by clients being reached.

ESG / Sustainability

HKMA Offers Guidance on Regtech for Reporting, Stress Testing

By Manesh Samtani | 28/11/2021

The latest regtech adoption guide highlights challenges banks face as a result of their use of legacy systems and siloed data structures.

AML / KYC

SEC Thailand Proposes Regulations to Ban Privacy Coins

By Editors | 28/11/2021

The proposed ban is aimed at preventing the misuse of digital assets as a tool to commit crime, the SEC said.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Can Crypto be Green?

By ESG Investor | 26/11/2021

Energy-intensive and unregulated, institutional investors are proving reluctant to back the rapidly growing asset class.