AML / KYC
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China CRS Less Burdensome than Expected
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Singapore Regtechs Innovate New KYC Methods
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HK’s New Financial Services Chief Advocates Centralised KYC Registry
Editors, Regulation Asia July 20, 2017Top official says updated ID cards with greater security could be used as basis of the centralised KYC; boost Hong Kong's status in fintech.
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India Could Bring Bitcoin Regulation Under SEBI
Editors, Regulation Asia July 18, 2017Despite earlier talk of blanket ban, panel set up in April close to agreeing model which would give bitcoin similar status to a commodity.
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AUSTRAC Warns on Fraud, Money Laundering via Stock, Derivatives Markets
Editors, Regulation Asia July 13, 2017Fraud, money laundering more prevalent than even insider trading or market manipulation, Centre suggests; only 40% of market participants filed suspicious matter reports over 2-year period.
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Singapore Banker Gets 2nd Conviction for 1MDB-related Offences
Editors, Regulation Asia July 13, 2017Former wealth manager at shuttered Singapore office of Swiss bank BSI to serve further two years for money laundering after witness tampering sentence ends.
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Japan FSA Probing AML Compliance at Regional Banks
Editors, Regulation Asia July 12, 2017Regulator concerned rules introduced last October are not being executed consistently as regional and other smaller banks deal with increasing number of international transactions.
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US Regulators Flex Muscles in Asia
Editors, Regulation Asia July 6, 2017Grip could be set to get even tighter if DOJ proposals on accessing documents, expanding AML predicates are implemented.
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1.0KGRC – The Path to Managing Regulatory Change Intelligently
Derek McGibney, ACA Compliance Group June 29, 2017Why small and medium-sized firms don’t need an ‘oversized’ compliance effort.
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Southeast Asia Roundup
Editors, Regulation Asia June 29, 2017
