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MAS has prescribed a list of permissible non-financial businesses to ensure banks are not engaging in “high-risk non-financial business that do not bring strategic value to its core banking business”.

The FATF seeks feedback to help identify how divergent AML/CFT measures adopted at the national level add to the challenges of cross-border payments.

ICE Benchmark Administration intends to continue publishing some tenors of USD LIBOR until end-June 2023, which could allow time for most legacy contracts to mature.

The Code was developed by an industry working group of 28 commodity financing banks in consultation with trading firms and with the support of regulators.

The report calls on government and regulators to facilitate greater use of e-signatures, virtual meetings, and other electronic solutions in Hong Kong and Singapore capital markets.

Consumers will be able to top-up their e-wallets directly through their bank accounts, rather than using a debit or credit card. Fund transfers between e-wallets will also be made possible.

The new guidance is aimed at assisting entities in establishing necessary arrangements to mitigate conduct risk associated with the discontinuation of LIBOR.

TSE President and CEO Koichiro Miyahara has resigned to take responsibility for a system failure that caused a full-day market closure in October.

The working group will develop a roadmap to solve for New Zealand's lack of scale and geographic isolation through the use of technology.

Pre-revenue biotech companies listed on Hong Kong’s Main Board will be included from 27 December. SSE STAR Market stocks will be included in early 2021.