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Coverage of regulatory requirements, technological advancements, and market trends in the secure storage and management of digital assets for institutions and retail investors.
Payments & Settlements
Cambodia Announces Soft Launch of New Payment System
By Editors | 24/10/2019
Launched in partnership with 7 financial institutions, the new system will enable real-time interbank transfers, mobile payments, and QR code payments.
Payments & Settlements
Maybank to Enable Real-time Payments for Cambodia, Malaysia
By Editors | 12/10/2019
Cambodia’s central bank and Malaysia’s Maybank will work together to enable real-time cross-border transfers, payments and remittances between the two countries.
Cryptocurrency
SFC Details Rules for Virtual Asset Fund Managers
By Manesh Samtani | 07/10/2019
The SFC has published new requirements for virtual asset fund managers, relating to capital, best execution, liquidity and custody, among other areas.
Structural Regulation
Hong Kong to Regulate Fund Trustees, Custodians
By Editors | 30/09/2019
Fund trustees and custodians in Hong Kong are not subject to any licensing regime or ongoing supervision. The SFC proposes to regulate them under a new type of regulated activity, RA 13.
Custody & Infrastructure
Automating Regulatory Compliance in DLT-based Markets: BIS Paper
By Manesh Samtani | 23/09/2019
The paper makes the case for a “embedded supervision”, a regulatory framework that automates compliance monitoring using the information in a distributed ledger.
Custody & Infrastructure
UPDATED – Bitpoint Japan Loses $28m in Crypto in Hot Wallet Hack
By Editors | 15/07/2019
The majority of the stolen funds belonged to clients and were held in hot wallets. Crypto exchanges in Japan are required to hold client assets offline in segregated cold wallets.
Clearing & Post-Trade
DLT Can Enhance Settlement Systems, But Not Replace Them
By Manesh Samtani | 14/06/2019
A new paper from Greenwich Associates says DLT cannot replace settlement infrastructure entirely without imposing the very costs it was designed to reduce.
Payments & Settlements
Project Stella: DLT Can Improve Cross-Border Payment Security
By Editors | 06/06/2019
The BOJ-ECB phase three study says DLT can improve security in cross-border payments by using payment methods that synchronise payments and lock funds along the payment chain.
Clearing & Post-Trade
Calastone Goes Live with New Blockchain Infrastructure
By Editors | 21/05/2019
The launch comes as funds globally experience significant margin pressures, and amid a need for reduced frictions in cross-border distribution of funds.
Trading & Investment
Malaysia to Use Blockchain in Securities Borrowing and Lending
By Editors | 07/05/2019
Working with bank stakeholders, Bursa Malaysia is developing Southeast Asia’s first blockchain proof-of-concept for securities borrowing and lending.
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