AI Risk & Governance

    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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