Cybersecurity

    Reporting on regulatory requirements, enforcement actions, and best practices to safeguard financial institutions and markets against cyber threats, data breaches, and vulnerabilities through proactive measures.

    Cybersecurity

    FSC Korea Targets Fair Competition, Data Safeguards for Financial Sector

    By Editors | 22/07/2020

    FSC chairman Eun Sung-soo is eyeing regulatory reforms to ensure fair competition, data security, and consumer protection as bigtechs enter financial services.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    MAS Seeks Expanded Powers to Address Financial Sector Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/07/2020

    MAS proposes to expand its powers to issue prohibition orders, regulate virtual asset service providers, and impose technology risk management requirements on firms.

    Data Privacy

    China Progresses Development of Data Security Law

    By Editors | 07/07/2020

    The draft law says the government will protect the rights of individuals and organisations over the use of their data.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Using Privacy Preserving Analysis to Tackle Financial Crime

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/07/2020

    Privacy enhancing technologies, or PETs, may provide a “similar or, even, identical utility” compared to analysis of the raw data in some use-cases, says an FFIS paper.

    KYC & CDD

    S. Korea Approves Use of Biometrics for Digital Identification

    By Editors | 06/07/2020

    Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has revised bank transaction law to allow the use of biometrics for identification in bank teller transactions.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Economic Downturn Presents Opportunities for Corporate Fraud

    By Chris Fordham | 03/07/2020

    Drawing from the Fraud Triangle Theory, Alvarez & Marsal’s Chris Fordham discusses how the current crisis has created a perfect storm for fraud and misconduct.

    Data Privacy

    India Bans Chinese Apps, Citing Data Privacy Issues

    By Editors | 30/06/2020

    India has banned 59 of China’s biggest mobile phone apps including TikTok and WeChat, saying they breach data privacy requirements and threaten the country’s security.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    RBNZ Secures Funding to Boost Supervisory, Enforcement Capability

    By Editors | 28/06/2020

    The RBNZ will direct the additional funding towards its supervisory and enforcement capability, technology infrastructure and security architecture.

    Structural Regulation

    Covid-19 Delays Launch of Taiwan Digital Banks: FSC

    By Editors | 28/06/2020

    Despite the delays, operations are still likely to commence by year-end at the three new digital banks – Line Bank, Next Bank, and Rakuten Bank.

    AI Risk & Governance

    Singapore: AMTD, Xiaomi Finance Launch Digital Finance Programme

    By Editors | 22/06/2020

    AMTD and Xiaomi Finance will provide S$5mn to support to enable SMU and NUS-ISS to build curriculum and teaching resources for a digital finance leadership programme.

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