Commentary

Synpulse’s Prasanna Venkatesan, Gregory Achache and Marina Mai compare China and Hong Kong's regulatory frameworks in relation to culture and conduct.

The entrance of FinTech and BigTech firms into banking is forcing incumbents to adapt, but it should not come at a cost to compliance obligations, writes Claus Christensen at Know Your Customer Ltd.

FICO's chief analytics officer Scott Zoldi discusses his patent work aimed at achieving the explainability, transparency and auditability regulators demand of AI models.

Grace Chong at Simmons & Simmons JWS recapitulates the key points from MAS’ feedback to the first consultation on the IAC Guidelines, and charts the course ahead.

The FATF needs to recognise that it should be more transparent and be able to provide greater assurance of independence and oversight, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

Regulators need to get up to speed with Facebook’s stablecoin technology so they can assess how it mitigates money laundering risks and where its weaknesses lie, says ComplyAdvantage CEO Charles Delingpole.

The risk culture expert ASIC engaged to observe bank boardrooms says the approach of judging culture moralistically needs to shift to a more proactive approach that assesses risk.

In order to maximise efficiency, minimise risk and reduce market fragmentation, national regulators must strive for harmonised margin requirements across the globe, ISDA says.

DTCC's Val Wotton and Oliver Williams explain the challenges SFTR presents in Asia, and how firms can best prepare in the lead-up to implementation starting in April 2020.

A new paper from Greenwich Associates says DLT cannot replace settlement infrastructure entirely without imposing the very costs it was designed to reduce.