Fintech / Regtech

Crypto / Digital Assets

Leaked Draft Shows India’s Zero-Tolerance for Cryptocurrency

By Editors | 17/07/2019

The leaked draft bill being circulated, though unauthenticated, specifies up to 10 years’ jail for buying, selling or storing cryptocurrency in India.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UPDATED – Bitpoint Japan Loses $28m in Crypto in Hot Wallet Hack

By Editors | 15/07/2019

The majority of the stolen funds belonged to clients and were held in hot wallets. Crypto exchanges in Japan are required to hold client assets offline in segregated cold wallets.

Fintech / Regtech

Singapore Marks Launch of First Private Exchange with First Listing

By Editors | 13/07/2019

Backed by SGX and licensed by MAS, 1exchange takes private companies’ shares and puts them into an SPV to back digital tokens that can then be listed and traded by investors.

AML / KYC

OCBC to Speed Up Police Investigations with Automated Data Retrieval

By Editors | 11/07/2019

OCBC Bank and the Singapore Police Force are collaborating on a new project to reduce the amount of time it takes for investigators to access banking information to just 1-2 days.

Fintech / Regtech

China to Respond to Libra with Government Backed CBDC

By Editors | 11/07/2019

The PBOC is organising market-oriented institutions to jointly research and develop a central bank digital currency, in a programme that has already been approved by the State Council.

Fintech / Regtech

FSC Korea to Resume Accepting Internet-Only Bank Applications

By Editors | 10/07/2019

The FSC will once again start receiving applications for new internet-only banks in October, with a view to granting one or more new licences by year-end.

Fintech / Regtech

Philippines SEC Approves Crowdfunding Rules

By Editors | 10/07/2019

The Philippines SEC has issued rules governing the operation and use of equity- and lending-based crowdfunding to help smaller firms access financing.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Singapore Proposes GST Exemption for Digital Token Payments

By Editors | 09/07/2019

Transactions involving digital tokens or cryptocurrencies that function or are intended to function as a medium of exchange will be exempt from GST.

Big Picture

Open Banking, APIs Will Unlock a Host of Opportunities: NPP Australia

By Editors | 08/07/2019

A new white paper from NPP Australia provides an overview of developments in other real-time payments markets, including opportunities and challenges for the payments sector.