Market Infrastructure

    Fintech / Regtech

    UK Digital Regulatory Reporting Pilot Completes Phase Two

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/01/2020

    Phase two of the DRR pilot highlighted the importance of agreed data standards. An appropriate solution for producing machine-executable regulation has not yet been identified.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Sri Lanka to Enact New Banking Act in 2021

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    The new Banking Act will streamline the licensing process, branch approvals, and adopt a proportionality framework for banking regulations, among other changes.

    Market Infrastructure

    PBOC Sets Out Policy Priorities for Year Ahead

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    The PBOC has announced key policies and tasks for 2020, following an annual work conference held last week in Beijing.

    Market Infrastructure

    CBIRC Proposes New Rules to Cleanse Financial Leasing Sector

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    Of over 10,000 financial leasing companies in China at the end of June, more than 70% have either halted, are shell companies, or are mired in crisis.

    Market Infrastructure

    Vietnam Central Bank Sets Out 2020 Policy Tasks

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    The key policy tasks for the year include reducing banking sector NPLs to below 2% and promoting the use of non-cash payments.

    Market Infrastructure

    PBOC Reverses No Interest Policy for Payments Companies – Report

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    The PBOC will pay just 0.35% annually on customer money that payments firms hold with the central bank, but the move marks a reversal of an earlier decision to pay no interest.

    Market Infrastructure

    ESMA Grants LEI Reporting Relief to Non-EU Issuers Under SFTR

    By Editors | 09/01/2020

    ESMA has granted non-EU issuers of securities and collateral a 12-month grace period before they are required to report LEIs under SFTR.

    Fintech / Regtech

    UK Financial Regulators Announce Data Reform Proposals

    By Editors | 09/01/2020

    The FCA has set out a plan to become a ‘highly data-driven regulator’. The BOE has published a discussion paper on transforming data collection.

    Market Infrastructure

    Japan FSA Grants Client Clearing Licence to HKEX

    By Editors | 09/01/2020

    HKEX has announced that its central counterparty subsidiary, OTC Clear, has received approval to offer client clearing services to banks in Japan.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Three Emerging Risk Issues for Banks in Hong Kong

    By Simon Topping | 09/01/2020

    There are three key areas where Hong Kong regulators are expected to turn up the heat in 2020, says KPMG’s Simon Topping.

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