FINTECH / REGTECH

    Fintech / Regtech

    Philippines Central Bank to Embrace Regtech

    By Samuel Riding | 21/08/2017

    Regtech to include API for FIs’ reporting; BSP to push financial services firms to improve cyberdefences; two bitcoin exchanges get regulatory approval.

    AML / KYC

    Australia Signals Currency Status, AML Clampdown for Bitcoin

    By Samuel Riding | 21/08/2017

    Cryptocurrency to be brought under AUSTRAC; proposal to follow Japan in giving bitcoin legal tender status being considered by central bank.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Open Banking: A Roadmap for What’s to Come

    By Stuart Fuller | 17/08/2017

    A roadmap is useful when you get to a junction, where the path is unknown, and the choices are plenty. In the world of data, there are many junctions.

    Fintech / Regtech

    APAC FIs Face Shortage of Cyber Crimefighters

    By Samuel Riding | 16/08/2017

    Deloitte says regulators in the region also need to take a more joined-up approach as financial institutions outsource to jurisdictions with looser regimes.

    Fintech / Regtech

    SEBI to Study Fintech Potential for Securities Markets

    By Garima Chitkara | 07/08/2017

    Committee will help the regulator evolve the regulatory framework in response to the development of new technology pertinent to the securities markets.

    AML / KYC

    US ICO Ruling Opens ‘Can of Worms’ for Asia

    By Samuel Riding | 27/07/2017

    Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to define ICOs as securities adds to uncertainty around regulatory treatment of the virtual economy. […]

    Fintech / Regtech

    Singapore Regtechs Innovate New KYC Methods

    By Editors | 24/07/2017

    Regtech firms Silent Eight and Black Swan technologies emerge from OCBC’s Open Vault to cut KYC processes from up to […]

    Fintech / Regtech

    Regulatory Support Behind Fintech’s Rise – EY

    By Editors | 24/07/2017

    Asia Pacific countries lead adoption as sector gains traction, backed by due to greater support, and affirmation, from regulators and […]

    Big Picture

    Talking Trading Surveillance with Nasdaq’s Ulf Carlsson

    By Samuel Riding | 13/07/2017

    Regulation Asia discusses the latest trends in regulatory scrutiny of capital markets with Ulf Carlsson, general manager at Nasdaq in Hong Kong.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Slim Chance of China Making Bitcoin a Currency, PBOC Adviser Says

    By Editors | 11/07/2017

    Sheng Songcheng says bitcoin lacks ‘fundamental attributes’, but advocates government-derived virtual currency as Beijing-based institute researches blockchain and related financial technologies.

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