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    Fintech / Regtech

    MAS to Promote Tokenisation, AI while Safeguarding Stability

    By Nithya Subramanian | 17/09/2025

    MAS will also back digital innovation and Asia’s low-carbon transition, while ensuring robust supervision in the financial system, said Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.

    AML / KYC

    Chinese Authorities Issue New AML Rules for Accounting Firms

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/09/2025

    China has expanded its AML framework, requiring accounting firms to conduct customer due diligence and report suspicious transactions.

    Market Infrastructure

    China Rolls Out Stricter Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Rules

    By Editors | 16/09/2025

    The new rules, effective 1 November, establish strict, tiered deadlines and specific financial and data-loss thresholds.

    Securities / Derivatives

    HKMA Revises Supervisory Guide on Visiting Finance Professionals

    By Manesh Samtani | 16/09/2025

    HKMA extends the permissible engagement period for itinerant professionals to 45 days and consolidates rules for fund depositaries.

    ESG / Sustainability

    China Issues Detailed Guidance for Voluntary Sustainability Disclosure

    By Editors | 16/09/2025

    New guidelines detail double materiality assessments and value chain reporting, while introducing a proportionality principle to ease the compliance burden.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Hong Kong to Phase In Stablecoin Audit Rules Over 1-3 Years

    By Manesh Samtani | 16/09/2025

    AFRC chief warns that rushing detailed standards for the nascent industry could "kill" it, signalling a cautious approach.

    AML / KYC

    ASEAN Attorneys General Launch Regional Pact on Transnational Crime

    By Nithya Subramanian | 16/09/2025

    The Sanur Bali Declaration creates a new regional forum to strengthen cooperation against transnational crime, including scams, money laundering and asset smuggling.

    Market Infrastructure

    China Eases Cross-Border Financing Rules, Expands MNC Cash Pooling

    By Manesh Samtani | 16/09/2025

    Regulators have raised the foreign debt ceiling for firms and FIs while simplifying rules to attract capital and facilitate investment.

    AML / KYC

    Thai Authorities Pledge Urgent Action to Unblock Frozen Accounts

    By Manesh Samtani | 16/09/2025

    The BOT and government agencies are creating a 'war room' to expedite the unblocking of innocent accounts caught in a nationwide mule account sweep.

    Enforcement

    ANZ Agrees to A$240m Penalty for ‘Widespread Misconduct’

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/09/2025

    ASIC has detailed "grubby" and unconscionable conduct by ANZ in a government bond deal and multiple "disappointing" retail failures.

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