AI, Technology & Data

Credit Risk

China Deepens SME Accounting Data Pilot to Boost Lending

By Editors | 02/09/2025

Regulators are tasking banks with using new standardised data to build credit models and innovate online loan products for small businesses.

Anti-Money Laundering

Taiwan FSC Details Widespread AML and Security Flaws at VASPs, Banks

By Editors | 01/09/2025

The FSC has published examination findings for H1 2025, revealing significant deficiencies in customer due diligence and cybersecurity.

Clearing & Post-Trade

RBA Board Criticises ASX 'Limited' Progress on Risk Management

By Editors | 30/08/2025

The Payments System Board flagged fundamental concerns with ASX's operational resilience and welcomed government plans for a stablecoin regime.

Cybersecurity

SEBI Issues Technical Clarifications on Cybersecurity Framework

By Nithya Subramanian | 29/08/2025

The updated rules adjust compliance thresholds, widen the definition of critical systems, abd require smaller intermediaries to join SEBI’s Market SOC.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

US Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Help Combat Foreign Scam Farms

By Manesh Samtani | 29/08/2025

New bill seeks to authorise private actors to target foreign cybercriminals, raising implications for global financial regulation and enforcement.

Payments & Settlements

Bangladesh Seeks Investors to Privatise Nagad Payments Platform

By Editors | 29/08/2025

Bangladesh Bank to invite private investors for Nagad privatisation, enforce mandatory QR code adoption and boost digital finance reforms.

AI Risk & Governance

RBA Deploys AI Tool to Enhance Economic Surveillance, Wage Forecasting

By Manesh Samtani | 28/08/2025

The RBA has revealed that it is using a machine learning system to extract firm-level insights from liaison data for regulatory analysis.

PEPs & Sanctions

US Sanctions DPRK-Linked IT Worker Network Over Weapons Funding

By Manesh Samtani | 28/08/2025

OFAC announced sanctions targeting a North Korean IT worker network and associated entities for financing illicit arms development via crypto transactions.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Macquarie Bank Joins Australian Inter-Bank Anti-Fraud Network

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 28/08/2025

Macquarie Bank’s move expands the BioCatch Trust intelligence-sharing platform to cover over 85 percent of Australia’s online banking population.