Cloud & Infrastructure

Clearing & Post-Trade

BNP Paribas Completes Successful DRR Test for CFTC Rewrite

By Editors | 03/11/2022

BNP Paribas is ready to implement Digital Regulatory Reporting for the CFTC’s new swap data reporting rules coming into effect on 5 December.

Payments & Settlements

Singapore Launches Digital Banker’s Guarantees, Insurance Bonds

By Editors | 03/11/2022

Banker’s guarantees and insurance bonds historically took a few days to issue. The new digital service enables issuance and delivery to government agencies within a day.

Cloud & Infrastructure

MAS: SGFinDex Extended to Include Data on Insurance Policies

By Editors | 03/11/2022

SGFinDex users can now digitally access and aggregate information on life, accident and health insurance policies held across different participating insurers.

Anti-Money Laundering

US DOJ Resolves Dispute with Google Over BTC-e Data

By Editors | 02/11/2022

Crypto exchange BTC-e was shut down in 2017 for alleged money laundering. At the time, US authorities were unable to obtain data from Google for the investigation because it was held overseas.

Structural Regulation

Google Fined $275m in India for Anti-Competitive Practices

By Editors | 01/11/2022

Google is ordered to allow the use of third-party payment processing services in its Play Store and not discriminate against apps facilitating UPI payments.

Trading & Investment

ASX Issues 2nd Consultation on Measures for Handling Outages

By Editors | 01/11/2022

ASX is seeking feedback on new order and trade download services, a ‘cancel only’ session state, and an intraday restart capability.

Payments & Settlements

Thailand Set to Launch Letter of Guarantee System for Banks

By Editors | 31/10/2022

The Bank of Thailand said the new blockchain-based system has passed its regulatory sandbox process after being tested by 18 commercial banks.

Reporting & Disclosures

Singapore to Host Platform to Unify Carbon Market Registry Data

By Editors | 29/10/2022

Climate Action Data Trust, or CAD Trust, will link, aggregate and harmonise all major carbon market registry data, and help with reporting under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

HKMA Issues Regtech Guide for Sales and Suitability Practices

By Manesh Samtani | 28/10/2022

The guide describes a solution to automating product due diligence and a governance tool for improving oversight of the sales advisory process.