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AI Risk & Governance
HKEX Explores AI Use to Review Issuer Disclosures
By Manesh Samtani | 03/02/2020
In the initial stage, HKEX has applied artificial intelligence to identify listed companies’ disclosures as required by some selected rules.
Cybersecurity
Japan Prepares Cyber Response Ahead of Tokyo Olympics
By Editors | 01/02/2020
In a September BOJ survey, 60% of banks said they were unable to secure enough staff to oversee cybersecurity, raising concerns of cyber attacks leading up to the Tokyo Olympics.
Payments & Settlements
Lao Central Bank Launches QR Code Payment Standard
By Editors | 31/01/2020
The QR code payment standard will minimise the use of cash, drive Laos towards a digital economy, and boost socio-economic development.
Trading & Investment
IOSCO Highlights Debt Market Concerns in Annual Work Programme
By Editors | 31/01/2020
The 2020 work programme provides an update on five existing priorities and an overview of planned work on a new priority – corporate debt and leveraged loans.
Payments & Settlements
Singapore’s Payment Services Act Comes Into Force
By Manesh Samtani | 28/01/2020
The PS Act gives MAS formal supervisory powers over technology, cybersecurity and AML/CFT controls at payment services firms, including cryptocurrency and e-wallet companies.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
FSS Korea to Reorganise Consumer Protection Department
By Editors | 24/01/2020
The FSS will reorganise its consumer protection department to boost supervision of high-risk financial products, and establish suptech and regtech teams.
Data Privacy
Australia Considers Opening ‘Write’ Access Under Open Banking
By Editors | 24/01/2020
The government will consider expanding the consumer data right to allow ‘write’ access by entities other than banks, similar to how the EU’s PSD2 operates.
Market Abuse
SEBI to Augment Social Media Monitoring to Fight Manipulation
By Editors | 24/01/2020
SEBI is working on a ‘data lake’ project that will use AI, machine learning and NLP tech to analyse unstructured data and augment market surveillance.
Data Privacy
China Issues Guidelines on Facial Recognition Enabled Payments
By Editors | 23/01/2020
The guidelines set out principles for the use of facial recognition technology in payments, covering user consent and the collection, storage and use of facial data.
Data Privacy
S. Korea to Launch Financial Data Exchange in March
By Editors | 22/01/2020
The exchange will match buyers and sellers of financial data and facilitate the use of big data analytics to improve product development in the financial industry.
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