Fintech / Regtech

Fintech / Regtech

PBOC, JD.com Partner to Support Digital Currency Fintechs

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/09/2020

The two entities will identify, explore and build fintechs that supports the DCEP on JD.com’s existing e-commerce platforms and services.

Capital / Liquidity

Too Big to Fail: Markets Abhor a Vacuum

By Jamie Lloyd Evans | 24/09/2020

Some characteristics of the TBTF challenge are specific to Asia, but these may be intractable from ‘winner-takes-all’ capitalism and national interests, writes industry veteran Jamie Lloyd Evans.

Crypto / Digital Assets

EU Set to Unveil Regulatory Framework for Crypto-assets

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/09/2020

A leaked set of proposals indicates the European Commission is looking to introduce an EU-wide digital finance framework to hep regulate crypto-asset activities.

Fintech / Regtech

GCRA: Little More Than Acting the Part

By Tamara Scicluna | 18/09/2020

We need real-time insights into cultural drivers of behaviour rather than backward-looking surveillance systems designed to catch bad actors after-the-fact.

Enforcement

Wirecard: The Biggest FinTech Success and Failure Story of All Time

By Oonagh van den Berg | 17/09/2020

Wirecard will be a compliance and audit training reference point for years to come, says compliance expert Oonagh van den Berg, recounting the warning signs in the years-long lead up to its collapse.

Fintech / Regtech

CBIRC Steps Up Efforts to Control Risks in Internet Finance

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/09/2020

Regulators are working to include internet lending in credit reference systems, and to make it easier to jointly punish dishonest borrowers.

AML / KYC

SWIFT Announces Enhancements in Payments, Securities Processing

By Editors | 17/09/2020

The enhancements will be made available through a next-generation digital platform that will “fundamentally transform” payments and securities processing, SWIFT says.

Crypto / Digital Assets

India Contemplates Law Banning Cryptocurrency Trading

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/09/2020

The government will still encourage blockchain, and is exploring its use to manage land records, pharmaceutical supply chains and educational records.

Market Infrastructure

Data Governance: Avoid the Damage of Data Restriction

By Julia Walker | 16/09/2020

Everledger’s Leanne Kemp and Refinitiv’s Julia Walker set out the urgent case for cross-border data flow, including to channel finance to sustainable investments.