Fintech / Regtech

Crypto / Digital Assets

BOK to Establish CBDC Pilot System Within March

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/03/2021

The BOK has almost completed the design and technical study of its CBDC, but does not intend to rush into the pilot before undertaking legal and regulatory assessments.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Etrading Software Becomes Registration Authority for DTIs

By Editors | 01/03/2021

The UK-headquartered technology provider has been nominated to become the registration authority for the new ISO standard for Digital Token Identifiers.

Fintech / Regtech

Westpac Announces New Partner in Digital Banking Push

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 01/03/2021

Westpac and SocietyOne have signed a partnership expand digital banking services to customers in the second quarter of this year.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Thailand SEC to Enhance Protections for Digital Asset Investors

By Editors | 01/03/2021

The SEC is consulting new qualifications for retail investors in digital assets, and requiring digital asset fund managers and investment advisors to be licensed.

Fintech / Regtech

FSC Korea Issues ‘MyData Services’ Guidelines Ahead of August Launch

By Editors | 27/02/2021

The guidelines require participating firms to ensure consumers have sufficient awareness of their privacy rights when consenting to data transfers.

Fintech / Regtech

Korea: Supervisory Power Struggle Deepens Between BOK, FSC

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/02/2021

The BOK said it opposes the payment settlement system being used to oversee private transaction data, calling a revision bill proposed by the FSC a “Big Brother law”.

Fintech / Regtech

OJK Indonesia Urges Rural Banks to Digitalise Operations

By Editors | 25/02/2021

Efforts to digitalise are aimed at improving financial inclusion for ‘micro-entrepreneurs’ and other members of the unbanked or underbanked population in Indonesia.

AML / KYC

Financial Crime Challenges and Opportunities for the Year Ahead

By Editors | 24/02/2021

Financial crime compliance experts Radish Singh, Richard Carrick, Oonagh van den Berg and Michael Meadon discuss challenges and opportunities for the year ahead.

Fintech / Regtech

China, UAE Join HKMA-BOT Initiative to Create CBDC Bridge

By Manesh Samtani | 23/02/2021

The project, now called ‘m-CBDC Bridge’, will seek the development of a prototype to facilitate real-time cross-border transactions using multiple CBDCs.