FINTECH / REGTECH

Crypto / Digital Assets

RBA Invites Industry to Participate in Digital Money Experiments

By Editors | 11/11/2024

The project will explore how different forms of digital money and associated infrastructure could support the development of wholesale tokenised asset markets in Australia.

Press Release

Feedzai Wins Best Use of AI for Fraud and Financial Crime Prevention

By Editors | 11/11/2024

Feedzai’s RiskOps was awarded Best Use of AI for Fraud and Financial Crime Prevention by a technology vendor at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BOK, FSC Sign MoU to Implement Deposit Token Test Project

By Editors | 10/11/2024

Seven banks will issue CBDC-backed deposit tokens that can be used as digital vouchers for users to spend on culture, education and other purposes.

AML / KYC

AUSTRAC Raises Concerns Over Outsourced AML Programmes

By Thisanka Siripala | 09/11/2024

AUSTRAC is making “significant internal changes” as part of its commitment to supporting the industry through coming AML/CFT reforms.

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.