Fintech / Regtech

    Fintech / Regtech

    HSBC Scraps Fees Ahead of Virtual Bank Launches

    By Manesh Samtani | 20/06/2019

    HSBC will remove below-balance, counter transaction and annual fees for most personal savings accounts as it braces for incoming competition from newly approved virtual banks.

    Fintech / Regtech

    BNM to Set Up Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

    By Editors | 19/06/2019

    BNM governor says the platform will strengthen the financial industry’s capabilities to respond to cyber threats and help create a safe environment for innovation.

    Big Picture

    DLT Can Enhance Settlement Systems, But Not Replace Them

    By Manesh Samtani | 14/06/2019

    A new paper from Greenwich Associates says DLT cannot replace settlement infrastructure entirely without imposing the very costs it was designed to reduce.

    Fintech / Regtech

    S. Korea FSC Accepts Six More Fintech Sandbox Participants

    By Editors | 13/06/2019

    The FSC has approved six more fintech services for the regulatory sandbox, bringing the total number of approved companies to 32.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Singapore: Progressing the Culture and Conduct Risk Agenda

    By Jeffrey Kupfer | 13/06/2019

    MAS is equipping itself with advanced tools that will allow for culture and conduct to be evaluated in a more systematic way, say Jeff Kupfer and Stephen Scott at Starling.

    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.

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