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KYC & CDD
HKMA Issues Guide for Regtech Adoption in Customer Monitoring
By Manesh Samtani | 27/07/2021
The Guide will help banks assess whether they have the appropriate governance, controls, skills, infrastructure and underlying data to adopt Regtech solutions in ongoing monitoring of customers.
Data Privacy
Australia Consults on Expansion of CDR to Telecom Sector
By Editors | 27/07/2021
Telecommunications will be the third sector to be considered for designation after banking and energy, which were designated in 2019 and 2020.
Market Data & Technology
New Body Formed to Promote Open Standards for Capital Markets
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/07/2021
The GLML Foundation is developing general-purpose legal markup language as an open data standard for capital markets.
Data Privacy
Chinese Firms Redirect IPOs From New York to Hong Kong
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 26/07/2021
Chinese authorities are considering severe penalties for Didi Chuxing, which proceeded with its New York IPO despite being asked to first submit to a cybersecurity review.
Cloud & Infrastructure
HKMA Launches Commercial Data Interchange Innovation Hub
By Editors | 23/07/2021
The Hub will further facilitate the development and adoption of the CDI by helping to match potential data providers and data users.
Cloud & Infrastructure
MAS, SFA Launch 2021 SFF Global FinTech Awards
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 22/07/2021
The theme for the 2021 awards is “Emerging from a pandemic, the road to recovery”. The awards will be hosted entirely on API Exchange.
Anti-Money Laundering
Japan Banks to Deploy Shared System for AML/CFT Monitoring
By Manesh Samtani | 22/07/2021
The FSA’s Hiroshi Ozaki said the banking sector is planning to deploy a shared transaction monitoring and screening system for AML/CFT across the industry.
AI Risk & Governance
China Banking Body Mulls Certification for Fintech Professionals
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/07/2021
The China Banking Association plans to launch a government-approved certification programme for fintech professionals.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Publishes Data Definitions for New Complaints Handling Regime
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 22/07/2021
New dispute resolution standards will commence on 5 October this year. ASIC has released a data dictionary and data glossary to support pilot testing.
Payments & Settlements
CPMI, IOSCO Identify Shortcomings in FMI Business Continuity Plans
By Editors | 22/07/2021
Some FMIs do not fully meet expectations with respect to recovery from operational incidents, such as natural disasters or IT systems outage.
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