FINTECH / REGTECH

Crypto / Digital Assets

StanChart Using Ant’s Blockchain Platform for Instant Treasury Management

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/11/2024

OCBC also signed an MoU with Ant International to use its Whale platform for enable real-time cross-border payments.

Fintech / Regtech

Global Fintech Institute Launches New Platform to Drive Innovation

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/11/2024

A new Startup Investment Credentials framework was also released to provide a standardised approach for evaluating fintech startups.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Swift Payment Network Piloted for Tokenised Fund Settlements

By Editors | 07/11/2024

The pilot used the payment orchestration capabilities of existing Swift infrastructure to settle fund subscriptions and redemptions.

Market Infrastructure

BSP Issues New Operational Resilience Requirements for FIs  

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/11/2024

Larger FIs have two years to develop and integrate operational resilience frameworks into their governance structures and risk management processes.

Fintech / Regtech

Interpol-led Operation Takes Down Thousands of Servers Liked to Cybercrime

By Nithya Subramanian | 07/11/2024

Hong Kong Police took more than 1,037 servers offline, while Macau Police took down 291 servers as part of Operation Synergia II.

Crypto / Digital Assets

ADDX, ANZ to Pilot Tokenised Commercial Paper Using Chainlink CCIP

By Nithya Subramanian | 07/11/2024

Commercial paper was chosen due to its short-term nature, which makes it possible to showcase the entire asset lifecycle within the pilot.

Fintech / Regtech

New Project Nexus Entity to be Established in Singapore

By Editors | 07/11/2024

The new management entity will oversee the live implementation of the Nexus operational model, which involves linking instant payment systems.

Crypto / Digital Assets

FCA, MAS to Explore Regulatory Considerations for Tokenisation

By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2024

The FCA and ICMA welcomed reports released by MAS this week offering tokenisation frameworks for funds and fixed income securities.

AML / KYC

Taiwan Showcases Financial Sector’s New Anti-Fraud Tech Projects

By Editors | 07/11/2024

The initiatives include a joint learning project aimed at enhancing the accuracy of fraud detection models, and the use of telco data to help identify payment and remittance fraud.