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    Tokenisation

    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.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    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.

    Cybersecurity

    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.

    Structural Regulation

    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.

    Reporting & Disclosures

    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.

    Stablecoins

    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.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    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.

    Payments & Settlements

    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.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    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.

    Supervision & 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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