FINTECH / REGTECH

Fintech / Regtech

FSB: Decentralisation Could Benefit Financial Stability

By Manesh Samtani | 08/06/2019

While decentralised financial technologies do pose risks, they may increase competition and diversity in the financial system and reduce existing entities’ systemic importance.

Fintech / Regtech

Philippines: Online Lenders to Adopt Code of Conduct

By Editors | 08/06/2019

The pledge comes after 48 online lenders were cited for using customers’ personal data to publicly shame people who did not settle their debts on time.

Fintech / Regtech

FSC Korea to Launch Open Data Infrastructure to Facilitate Innovation

By Editors | 05/06/2019

A new open data system will start providing anonymised credit information of two million people as sample data in June; and next year a financial data exchange will be launched.

Crypto / Digital Assets

FSB Issues Report to G20 on Crypto-Asset Regulation

By Manesh Samtani | 04/06/2019

Forward-looking risk assessments are needed in crypto-asset markets to identify trends that may give rise to financial stability and other risks and assess their potential significance early on.

AML / KYC

HK, Singapore, Japan Associations Launch APAC RegTech Network

By Manesh Samtani | 03/06/2019

The APAC RegTech Network seeks to enhance cross-border collaboration on regtech education and implementation across the region.

Crypto / Digital Assets

ASIC Updates Guidance for ICO, Crypto-Asset Issuers

By Editors | 02/06/2019

The guidance tells issuers how to determine whether an ICO or crypto-asset is considered a financial product, and which Australian laws would apply.

AML / KYC

Financial Crime on the Rise in APAC

By Editors | 31/05/2019

Almost three-quarters of Asia Pacific organisations have been victims of financial crime in the past year, according to recently published survey results by Refinitiv.

Fintech / Regtech

SEBI Floats Discussion Paper on Sandbox for Regulated Entities

By Editors | 30/05/2019

Under the proposed framework, entities regulated by SEBI will be granted certain facilities and flexibilities to experiment with innovative solutions in a live environment and on real customers.

Crypto / Digital Assets

IOSCO: Key Considerations for Regulating Crypto Trading Platforms

By Editors | 29/05/2019

The key considerations represent specific areas that IOSCO believes jurisdictions could consider in the context of the regulation of crypto-asset trading platforms.