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Coverage of regulatory trends, risks, and innovations in the adoption of cloud services and critical infrastructure for financial institutions.
Clearing & Post-Trade
HKEX Names Firms Piloting New Stock Connect Settlement Platform
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 28/06/2021
BNP Paribas, Citibank, CSOP Asset Management, Invesco, Northern Trust, State Street, Standard Chartered, BNY Mellon and HSBC will join the HKEX Synapse pilot.
Structural Regulation
AmCham Offers Taiwan Tips for Improving Financial Sector
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/06/2021
AmCham Taipei’s new whitepaper offers recommendations for banking, capital markets, asset management, private equity, insurance, tax, and sustainable development.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
MAS Extends Financial Sector Training Support Measures
By Editors | 27/06/2021
The extensions will help Singaporeans continue to acquire in-demand skills and encourage FIs and fintechs to retain and upgrade staff capabilities.
Data Privacy
FSC Korea Set to Grant First Insurance Firms MyData Licences
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/06/2021
The granting of licences to insurance companies is expected to help diversify the service areas covered by the MyData platform.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
SFC Fines Deutsche Securities Asia Over Prime Brokerage Statements
By Editors | 25/06/2021
A system design caused a failure to distinguish between ex-entitlement dates and settlement dates of bonus share events in periodic statements.
Data Privacy
Australia DTA Consults on Digital ID Expansion Plans
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/06/2021
The consultation will facilitate the introduction of legislation to expand access to the digital identity system to private sector entities.
Cloud & Infrastructure
SFA Forms ‘Club’ to Drive Fintech Community Development
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/06/2021
SG FinTech Club will enable fintech professionals to make deeper connections with industry peers, upskill and access growth opportunities.
Data Privacy
BSP Unveils Open Finance Framework, Plans Tiered Implementation
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/06/2021
The framework promotes consent-driven data portability, interoperability, and collaborative partnerships between FIs and fintech players, the BSP said.
Cybersecurity
Enterprise Ireland, Kapronasia Publish APAC Regtech Study
By Manesh Samtani | 23/06/2021
Lengthy procurement processes, cumbersome IT and security approvals, and implementation complexity are hindering APAC regtech adoption.
Tokenisation
Indian Banks to Develop Blockchain System for LCs
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 21/06/2021
The initiative will eliminate paperwork, reduce transaction processing time and offer a secure environment for processing LCs.
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