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The BCBS proposes to allocate direct crypto-asset holdings to the banking book, and indirect exposures to the trading book, while prohibiting the use of internal models to calculate market risk.

HSBC Switzerland has admitted to conspiring with US taxpayers to evade taxes and helping them to hide more than $1bn in assets from tax authorities.

Regulation Asia spoke to Andreas Burner at SmartStream Technologies to understand the different approaches to adopting AI/ML tools, and how centralising data is key to generating analytics and predictions.

In a new report, WWF Singapore says ASEAN financial regulators and banking associations are increasing their expectations on banks to assess and mitigate climate and environmental risk.

HKEX wants to raise the minimum net asset requirement for issuers from HK$100mn to HK$1bn, and to introduce a minimum debt issuance size of HK$100mn, among other proposals.

New Zealand's big four banks will have to increase capital to 18% of RWAs, and smaller banks to 16% of RWAs. Seven years will be given to implement the changes.

APRA, in a letter to the industry, has proposed plans for classifying all data collected from banks for its quarterly publications to be considered non-confidential and publishable.

The IMF also came out in support of the government’s policies to boost the economy, safeguard financial stability, and combat money laundering and terrorism financing.

Regulation Asia spoke to Haytham Kaddoura and Mark Taylor at SmartStream Technologies to understand the latest developments in digital payments and how firms can stay ahead.

Citi is not under investigation, though AUSTRAC has criticised the bank for not providing sufficient information about the payments and the source of funds.