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Reporting on regulatory approaches, ethical considerations, and risk management for AI technologies deployed in financial services and markets.
KYC & CDD
Chinese Banks Told to Develop e-KYC, Facial Recognition
By Samuel Riding | 22/01/2018
PBOC notice says e-KYC can help better serve real economy; SME account applications should be audited within two days of receipt.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Taiwan Passes Regulatory Sandbox Law
By Garima Chitkara | 05/01/2018
Tech firms will need to pass an assessment for FSC approval to use the sandbox and gain exemptions from certain regulations.
AI Risk & Governance
BoJ Expects Large IT Firms to Become Systemically Important
By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2017
Haruhiko Kuroda says global IT platform providers could pose systemic risk through holding vast amounts of data, adds to warnings on algo contagion.
AI Risk & Governance
The Final Frontier of Financial Regulation
By Peter Guy | 20/11/2017
FSB’s recent paper on artificial intelligence and machine learning reveal how far we are from managing its unknown effects on financial markets.
AI Risk & Governance
FSB Reports on ‘Rise of the Financial Machines’, Backs Regtech
By Samuel Riding | 02/11/2017
Report suggests AI and machine learning could create new systemically important players, warns on opacity, audit difficulty.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Old Rivals Hong Kong, Singapore Launch Fintech Tie-up
By Editors | 26/10/2017
Decision to work together on distributed ledger, other fintech initiatives belie reputed rivalry between two financial centres.
AI Risk & Governance
Bank of Japan Investigating Use of Supervisory Technology
By Editors | 23/10/2017
Central bank suggests financial market supervisors use of technology is one of the highest priorities in global regulation.
Structural Regulation
New Zealand Exempts Personalised Robo-advice from Licensing Regime
By Editors | 19/10/2017
Providers still need to be pre-approved to offer financial advice; new rules formalising licensing of robo-advice per se expected in 2019.
AI Risk & Governance
The Growing Human Limitations of Financial AI
By Peter Guy | 16/10/2017
Artificial intelligence might not harm humans, but humans can go to jail for the actions of bad robots.
AI Risk & Governance
Regulators Must Collectively Embrace 4th Industrial Revolution – ASIC
By Editors | 25/09/2017
Chairman Greg Medcraft expresses concern about regulatory fragmentation with increased use of technology, emergence of ICOs.
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