Cloud & Infrastructure

Clearing & Post-Trade

Colombo Stock Exchange Digitalises Core Operations

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 18/09/2020

Account opening and post-trade functions such as clearing and settlement are now electronically enabled. E-contract notes and e-statements have also been adopted.

Payments & Settlements

SWIFT Announces Enhancements in Payments, Securities Processing

By Editors | 17/09/2020

The enhancements will be made available through a next-generation digital platform that will “fundamentally transform” payments and securities processing, SWIFT says.

Reporting & Disclosures

Singapore Fund Industry to Collaborate to Address Skills Gap

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/09/2020

The first phase of the initiative will equip asset management trainees with foundation skills as well as future-ready skills in fintech, impact investing and ESG.

Data Privacy

Data Governance: Avoid the Damage of Data Restriction

By Julia Walker | 16/09/2020

Everledger’s Leanne Kemp and Refinitiv’s Julia Walker set out the urgent case for cross-border data flow, including to channel finance to sustainable investments.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Korea Forms Consultative Body to Tackle Digital Finance Risks

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/09/2020

With participation from industry participants, the body will seek to promote regulatory reform to promote innovation, fair competition and consumer safety in digital finance.

Payments & Settlements

BSP Launches Digital Payment Platform for Retail Transactions

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/09/2020

The New Order of Payment System, or NOPS, is a secure web-based system that offering various channels through which payments can be made to the BSP.

Payments & Settlements

HSBC to Scrap More Fees for Hong Kong Retail Customers

By Manesh Samtani | 13/09/2020

A recent sequence of measures to shift to lower-cost, digital-first services for SME and retail customers is largely seen as a response competition from the new virtual banks.

Structural Regulation

Mox Bank Launches Virtual Banking Services in Hong Kong

By Manesh Samtani | 09/09/2020

Mox Bank, backed by Standard Chartered, PCCW, HKT and Ctrip Financial, is first opening accounts for its 20,000 pre-registrants before it opens to the rest of the public.

Market Data & Technology

ASX Opens Data Science Platform to Third Party Firms

By Editors | 07/09/2020

ASX DataSphere allows third-party firms to experiment with ASX and non-ASX datasets spanning fixed income, interest rates, derivatives, equities, and benchmarks.