Cloud & Infrastructure

    Coverage of regulatory trends, risks, and innovations in the adoption of cloud services and critical infrastructure for financial institutions.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    JPX, JASDEC Select Use Cases to Test in DLT Project

    By Editors | 04/06/2020

    DLT will be tested to share fund, SSI, and corporate information; enhance compatibility among fund distribution networks; share stock borrowing and lending information.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    IOSCO Consults on Updated Set of Outsourcing Principles

    By Editors | 28/05/2020

    The principles include selection due diligence, information security, confidentiality issues, outsourcing risk concentration, and access to data, among others.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    FSC Korea to ‘Reshape’ Regulations, Infrastructures to Boost Innovation

    By Editors | 28/05/2020

    In a welcome speech for Online Korea Fintech Week, FSC chairman Eun Sung-soo said the regulator will pursue innovation based on three main pillars.

    Cybersecurity

    Financial Sector Suffers More Cyber Attacks Than Any Other Sector

    By Editors | 21/05/2020

    But, because the financial sector spends more on IT security and manages the risks better, it also suffers lower costs than other sectors.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    HK Banks See Fintech More As Opportunity Than Threat – Study

    By Editors | 20/05/2020

    Over the next ten years, banks expect to continue to play a key role in fintech innovation and adoption, and are confident they will not be displaced by new competitors.

    Data Privacy

    FSC Korea to Assess Demand for New MyData Licences

    By Editors | 14/05/2020

    Financial firms and fintechs approved by the FSC will be able to make financial product recommendations and offer financial advisory services on the new MyData platform.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    MAS, SFA, AMTD Jointly Launch S$6m ‘FinTech Solidarity Grant’

    By Editors | 13/05/2020

    Fintechs can apply for a one-time grant to cover daily working capital expenses, or for funding to cover proofs-of-concept developed with financial institutions on APIX.

    Data Privacy

    FMSB Review Highlights Data Risks in Wholesale FICC Markets

    By Editors | 12/05/2020

    The paper highlights the benefits of moving to a more centralised data strategy, including cost reduction, risk reduction, and the ability to better use data to drive value.

    Data Privacy

    S. Korea Launches Financial Data Exchange Platform

    By Editors | 11/05/2020

    The exchange will serve buyers and sellers of anonymised financial data, facilitating the use of analytics to develop new financial products and services, while also ensuring data security.

    Structural Regulation

    Japan to Propose Easier Fintech Investment Rules for Banks – Report

    By Editors | 07/05/2020

    The proposal includes scrapping a requirement for bank holding companies to obtain FSA approval to acquire more than 15% of nonfinancial companies.

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