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Bankers are reportedly receiving requests to activate plans to withdraw assets from Hong Kong in light of Beijing's plan to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong.

As a next step, the HKMA will conduct more focused reviews on retail banks' front office in relation to the distribution of banking, investment and insurance products.

The 30tr yen facility will provide lending to businesses with interest-free funding, while paying a positive 0.1% interest on the amounts they lend to businesses.

APRA's Wayne Byres and the RBA's Philip Lowe said buffers were built up to be used in times of stress, and lower capital ratios are both expected and appropriate.

SWIFT will provide new market practice guidelines and free validation and translation software to mitigate the impact of the ISO 20022 delay on EU banks.

EY's 2017 review of Westpac highlighted poor data quality, outdated infrastructure, incompatible systems, capacity issues, manual workarounds and historical underinvestment.

Over the next ten years, banks expect to continue to play a key role in fintech innovation and adoption, and are confident they will not be displaced by new competitors.

A cash subsidy of HK$50,000 will be available for securities firms ranked 15th onwards by market turnover, and HKD 2,000 for each individual licensed by the SFC.

Korea will join Japan, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand in implementing ARFP on 27 May, paving the way for cross-border sales of eligible publicly offered local funds.

APRA will allow internal modelling banks to disregard back-testing exceptions that occurred in March and April when determining capital requirements for market risk.