Fintech / Regtech

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    UnionBank Issues Philippines’ First DLT-based Digital Bond

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    The issuance follows a POC project to optimise bond issuance workflows between STACS and PDTC, the Philippines’ national CSD for debt and equities.

    Fintech / Regtech

    SGX CDP Enables Access to DLT Bond Issuance Platform

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    CDP has made available to market participants a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform developed by Marketnode, a joint venture between SGX and Temasek.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    UK Proposes Framework for Dealing with Stablecoin Failures

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    HM Treasury proposes to give the BOE powers to appoint administrators to oversee insolvency arrangements with failed stablecoin issuers.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Thailand to Set Up New Sandbox for Testing of Corporate NDID

    By Editors | 01/06/2022

    The BOT is planning to also introduce sandboxes in the virtual banking and digital assets space, the relevant regulations are in place.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    BOJ Releases Phase One Findings from CBDC Testing

    By Editors | 01/06/2022

    Phase one of CBDC experimentation was conducted from April 2021 to March 2022. The BOJ tested three CBDC ledger design alternatives.

    Fintech / Regtech

    MAS to Study Use Cases of Asset Tokenisation, DeFi Protocols

    By Editors | 31/05/2022

    The first pilot, led by DBS, JP Morgan and Marketnode, will explore potential DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets and help inform regulatory policy.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Thailand Seeks to Become Venture Capital ‘Powerhouse’

    By Editors | 31/05/2022

    Bangkok is envisioned as a regional hub for innovation-focused investors, with the goal of attracting entrepreneurs and stimulating strategic partnerships globally.

    Fintech / Regtech

    MAS FinTech Hackcelerator to Focus on Web3, Green Finance

    By Editors | 30/05/2022

    Fintech firms and solution providers from around the world are invited to address over 50 problem statements related to Web 3.0 and green finance.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Crypto Ads to be Screened in the Philippines from 7 July

    By Editors | 29/05/2022

    Firms advertising crypto services to Philippine users will have to provide proof they have registered with the SEC as companies and with BSP as remittance and transfer providers.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Thailand Formalises VAT Exemption for Crypto Transactions

    By Editors | 29/05/2022

    Thailand’s Cabinet approved the measure in March. The decree formalises the VAT exemption retroactively from 1 April 2022, keeping it in place until 31 December 2023.

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