AI, Technology & Data

    Trading & Investment

    China Publishes Rules on Prime Broker Access to Interbank FX Market

    By Editors | 01/06/2020

    Foreign investors can apply to become prime brokerage clients to trade interbank FX forwards, swaps, and other FX derivatives to hedge interbank bond exposures.

    KYC & CDD

    Data, Technology Provide Remedy for Covid-related Financial Crime

    By Editors | 01/06/2020

    In a recent Bureau van Dijk webinar, industry experts examined how data, technology and AI can help mitigate the risk of criminals benefitting from the Covid-19 cash pump.

    Cybersecurity

    WFE Details Industry Efforts to Ensure Cyber Resilience of Markets

    By Editors | 29/05/2020

    WFE members are continuously investing resources and technology to enhance their capabilities under the philosophy that it is not a question of ‘if’ they experience a cyber incident but when.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    IOSCO Consults on Updated Set of Outsourcing Principles

    By Editors | 28/05/2020

    The principles include selection due diligence, information security, confidentiality issues, outsourcing risk concentration, and access to data, among others.

    AI Risk & Governance

    Singapore to Develop Metrics to Assess Fairness of AI-driven Decisions

    By Editors | 28/05/2020

    UOB and Element AI will develop fairness metrics for credit risk scoring; HSBC, IAG Firemark Labs and Gradient Institute will develop fairness metrics for customer marketing.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    FSC Korea to ‘Reshape’ Regulations, Infrastructures to Boost Innovation

    By Editors | 28/05/2020

    In a welcome speech for Online Korea Fintech Week, FSC chairman Eun Sung-soo said the regulator will pursue innovation based on three main pillars.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Are Criminals Winning at Covid-19? Not Without a Fight

    By Editors | 27/05/2020

    Advances in digital identification technology can mitigate the unpleasant rise in pandemic-related financial crime. A top regulator, banker and lawyer join forces with Refinitiv to discuss how.

    Data Privacy

    ACCC Launches Consumer Data Right Accreditation Platform

    By Editors | 26/05/2020

    The platform serves as a trusted environment where approved participants can share encrypted data, and provides a portal through which banks and fintechs can apply to be accredited.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    ASX Responds on Tranche 1 Rule Changes for CHESS Replacement

    By Editors | 25/05/2020

    ASX says it will not be mandating settlement locks for CHESS holdings, given the broad support stakeholders for this approach.

    Cybersecurity

    Financial Sector Suffers More Cyber Attacks Than Any Other Sector

    By Editors | 21/05/2020

    But, because the financial sector spends more on IT security and manages the risks better, it also suffers lower costs than other sectors.

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