FINTECH / REGTECH

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.