FINTECH / REGTECH

    Fintech / Regtech

    StanChart’s Singapore Digital Bank Reaches Key Milestone

    By Editors | 16/09/2022

    Trust Bank has been offering new accountholders a chance to win one of three Tesla cars, where referrals increase the chances of winning.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Launches New Transformation Map for Financial Industry

    By Editors | 16/09/2022

    MAS will promote the FX trading ecosystem, enhance fund structures, support fintechs, improve its bond infrastructure, and scale up sustainable and transition financing.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Asset Tokenisation Increasingly Relevant in ‘Crypto Winter’ – Report

    By Manesh Samtani | 14/09/2022

    A new report from BCG and ADDX projects a 50-fold increase in tokenised assets by 2030, bringing the market’s value to over $16 trillion.

    Fintech / Regtech

    BSP Approves Introduction of Regulatory Sandbox Framework

    By Editors | 13/09/2022

    The regulatory sandbox framework will enable the BSP to balance the perceived benefits of emerging technologies against the need to manage their risks.

    Market Infrastructure

    APRA Details Plans to Modernise Prudential Architecture

    By Editors | 13/09/2022

    APRA will modernise its guidance for banks, insurers and superannuation funds to make it easier to understand and comply with.

    ESG / Sustainability

    MAS, SGX Launch Digital Disclosure Portal for ESG Data

    By Manesh Samtani | 12/09/2022

    ESGenome will reduce the effort required of listed entities to report on sustainability, assess impact, and drive informed decision making.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Singapore-India Real-time Payments Launch Delayed to December

    By Editors | 12/09/2022

    At least five Indian banks are reportedly in talks with Singapore’s DBS regarding the PayNow-UPI linkage, which was initially meant to launch in July 2022.

    Fintech / Regtech

    HKMA, BOT Exploring Cross-border Payments Arrangement

    By Editors | 12/09/2022

    Visitors would be able to use their home faster payment system to pay for shopping and food in each other’s markets via their mobile phones.

    Fintech / Regtech

    BOT Orders TMBThanachart to Improve Following Two-day Outage

    By Editors | 12/09/2022

    The bank is directed to submit a report to BOT explaining the two-day mobile banking app outage, and to prepare a plan to prevent a recurrence.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Korea to Launch KRX-Operated Digital Securities Market

    By Editors | 07/09/2022

    Security token guidelines will be published in Q4 2022, and rule changes will be made next year to establish a system for issuance and distribution.

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