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.

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    Cybersecurity

    LSEG’s World-Check Data Breached by Hackers – Reports

    By Mark Johnston | 24/04/2024

    Hackers claim they have stolen data from LSEG’s World-Check database and have threatened to release records.

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    Cybersecurity

    G7 Nations Complete Joint Cyber Coordination Exercise

    By Editors | 24/04/2024

    The exercise assumed a large-scale cyber attack on financial market infrastructures and entities in all G7 jurisdictions

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    Cybersecurity

    HKMA Proposes Revisions to E-banking Risk Management Requirements

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/04/2024

    HKMA’s revised SPM Module incorporates additional requirements on electronic banking security and expands the obligations to payment card transactions.

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    AI Risk & Governance

    ISDA Offers Guidance on Using GenAI in Derivatives Markets

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/04/2024

    The report identifies use cases for GenAI in the OTC derivatives market, and explores regulatory issues, challenges and risks.

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    Payments & Settlements

    BIS Project to Simplify Financial Infrastructure Development

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/04/2024

    BIS Innovation Hub and partners will develop a tool to enable easy implementation of next-gen payment systems and settlement infrastructures.

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    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    US SEC Blocks Staff Messaging on Mobile Devices

    By Editors | 17/04/2024

    The SEC is restricting access to SMS, iMessage, and third-party messaging applications on employees’ work mobile phones.

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    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Singapore Banks Averted S$72.7m in Scam Losses in 2023: ABS

    By Nithya Subramanian | 17/04/2024

    The ABS has also launched a mascot design competition to encourage wider participation in the ongoing fight against scams.

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    Cloud & Infrastructure

    FSC Korea to Modernise Network Separation Regulations

    By Mark Johnston | 17/04/2024

    A new task force held its inaugural meeting to discuss ways to update Korea’s network separation regulations to enable financial sector innovation.

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    Cloud & Infrastructure

    HKMA Issues Risk Management Guidance for DLT Adoption

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/04/2024

    The guidance covers DLT network and smart contract design and governance, the associated risks, and the need for interoperability.

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    Cloud & Infrastructure

    GLEIF Announces First European-based vLEI Issuer

    By Editors | 17/04/2024

    The vLEI is the cryptographically secure digital counterpart of a conventional LEI that can be used to automate business process.

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