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Data Privacy
BSP to Draft Data Governance Policy for Financial Institutions
By Editors | 22/02/2021
The new regulatory framework will guide banks and other financial institutions on how they use and handle electronic information that they collect from customers.
Cybersecurity
RBI Enhances Security Requirements for Digital Payment Apps
By Editors | 21/02/2021
The RBI has set out new prescriptive guidelines on the security protocols that need to be adopted in digital payment applications.
Payments & Settlements
BIS, SWIFT Invite Firms to Participate in ISO 20022 Hackathon
By Editors | 21/02/2021
Participants will be asked to develop and showcase solutions that improve cross-border payments, using the ISO 20022 standard and APIs.
AI Risk & Governance
80pc of Central Banks Use Big Data to Support Policy Efforts
By Editors | 21/02/2021
Many central banks have undertaken initiatives to develop big data platforms to facilitate storage and processing of large data sets, but progress has varied.
Structural Regulation
SEBI Board Meeting: A Preview of Things to Come
By Editors | 21/02/2021
SEBI has relaxed its minimum public offer requirements just days after revealing a number of new initiatives in its annual report.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Rated Asia’s Top Regulatory System, Followed by Hong Kong
By Editors | 18/02/2021
Duff & Phelps survey respondents rated the UK as the world’s top regulatory regime, followed by Singapore and the US, which tied for second place.
Cybersecurity
Australia Super Industry Calls for Better Cybersecurity Standards
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 16/02/2021
The industry is overwhelmingly in favour of introducing baseline cybersecurity standards and improving the regulatory framework to address industry-specific risks.
Data Privacy
UK Issues Draft Rules to Promote Trust in Digital Identity
By Editors | 15/02/2021
New draft rules are aimed at deepening trust and confidence in digital identities through the adoption of common standards to safeguard personal data and privacy.
Cloud & Infrastructure
GLEIF Unveils Issuance, Infrastructure Models for Verifiable LEI
By Editors | 12/02/2021
The vLEI system will give legal entities the capacity to use non-repudiable identification data pertaining to their legal status, ownership structure and authorised representatives.
Anti-Money Laundering
Japan FSA to Roll Out New AML System in Fiscal 2021
By Editors | 12/02/2021
The FSA will share access to the new system, which will use AI to monitor for unusual transactions and persons suspected of illegal activity.
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