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Fintech / Regtech
S. Korea FSC Receives Three Applications for Internet-Only Banks
By Editors | 29/03/2019
The FSC will review the applications with an aim to approving a preliminary licence for one or two new internet-only banks in May.
Fintech / Regtech
Banks Not Using Latest RegTech Solutions Must Explain Why – ASIC
By Editors | 29/03/2019
ASIC reportedly plans to force banks to explain why they aren’t using the latest technology to improve regulatory compliance, including systems offered by regtech startups.
Fintech / Regtech
HKMA Approves Three Virtual Banks, Five More Being Considered
By Editors | 27/03/2019
The three newly licenced virtual banks are joint ventures involving BOCHK, JD Digits, Jardines, Standard Chartered, HKT, PCCW, Ctrip, ZhongAn Online and Sinolink.
Capital / Liquidity
New Internet-Only Banks in S. Korea to Get Grace on Basel Rules
By Editors | 26/03/2019
The FSC wants to grant new internet-only banks three years’ grace on Basel III requirements to ease the regulatory burden during the early stages of their business operation.
Fintech / Regtech
Singapore, Australia Fintech Bodies Agree to Collaborate
By Editors | 26/03/2019
FinTech Australia and the Singapore Fintech Association have agreed to collaborate on fintech initiatives across ASEAN and Australia. The MoU was signed at Money20/20 in Singapore last week.
Fintech / Regtech
RBI to Issue Regulatory Sandbox Guidelines Within 2 Months
By Editors | 26/03/2019
The RBI will set up a regulatory sandbox and create an ecosystem which promotes collaboration in fintech, central bank governor Shaktikanta Das said on Monday.
Fintech / Regtech
GFMA, PwC Identify Technology Challenges for Investment Banks
By Manesh Samtani | 22/03/2019
A new report from the GFMA and PwC says third-party providers could pose a challenge to banks’ core offerings if banks are not keeping pace with innovation.
AML / KYC
MAS Details Enforcement Outcomes, Priorities in Inaugural Report
By Manesh Samtani | 20/03/2019
The inaugural enforcement report reveals that MAS issued S$16.8mn in financial penalties and S$698,000 in civil penalties over 18 months.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Japan to Impose Margin Trading Limits in Cryptocurrency Sector
By Editors | 20/03/2019
New rules will limit cryptocurrency margin trading to two-to-four times initial deposits and require exchanges offering margin facilities to register separately with government.
Enforcement
Singapore Court Rules in First Case Involving Cryptocurrency
By Manesh Samtani | 19/03/2019
The Singapore International Commercial Court has ruled that crypto exchange Quoine was liable for a “breach of contract and breach of trust” by reversing seven trades in April 2017.
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