Commentary

The HKMA and its new regulations fail to recognise that virtual banking has long existed. Redundant and irrelevant rules only hold back...

Though uncertainty remains on when LIBOR migration is really going to be due, the earlier the banks set this in motion, the...

DTCC Chief Security Officer Stephen Scharf says traditional focus on preventative measure at individual firm level are no longer enough; closer collaboration...

Financial regulation is beginning to mirror the boom and bust cycles of the market as participants lobby regulators to loosen capital requirements...

Proposed changes by the Trump Administration to the Volcker Rule are already controversial. Linking cause and effect to risk management have only...

Criminal charges brought by Australian regulators against bankers in the ANZ cartel case represent a challenge against practices traditionally considered the norm...

Financial institutions are at risk from the inherently opaque nature of cryptocurrency transactions, and require robust compliance programs to mitigating legal, financial,...

Every banking system at the bottom of the financial pool crosses paths eventually, and in desperate times only a tangled morass of...

Regulator publishes final guidelines but no change in capital requirements; companies seeking inclusion in first batch of virtual bank applications can apply...

Whether it is geopolitical tensions in North Asia, the UK’s exit from the European Union or new U.S. trade policies, globalisation would...