Financial Crime

    Market Abuse

    Malaysia SC Charges Serba Dinamik Execs for False Disclosure

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 06/01/2022

    Four executives of oil and gas engineering company Serba Dinamik have been charged for submitting a false statement to Bursa Malaysia.

    KYC & CDD

    CBIRC Directs Banks to Ease Account Opening for Small Businesses

    By Darien Choong | 05/01/2022

    Banks may not refuse to open accounts for small and micro enterprises on the grounds that they have few staff or insufficient bank deposits.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    BSP Directs Banks to Help Curb Vote-Buying Ahead of National Election

    By Editors | 05/01/2022

    Banks should “at a minimum” consider four scenarios when calibrating their fraud management systems and account and transaction monitoring rules/parameters.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    Singapore Police, MAS Launch Probe into Unlicensed Trading Platform

    By Editors | 05/01/2022

    Three arrests have been made amid suspicions that “irregular trading activities have been carried out on the platform”.

    KYC & CDD

    PBOC, SAFE Call on Banks to Facilitate Offshore Trade

    By Editors | 05/01/2022

    A new notice encouraging banks to support the development of new models of international trade comes just as RCEP took effect on 1 January 2022.

    Market Abuse

    BaFin Fines Deutsche Bank for Over EURIBOR Control Lapses

    By Editors | 04/01/2022

    BaFin found flaws in the processes used by Deutsche Bank to calculate EURIBOR between April 2019 and April 2020.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    BNM Finalises Guidance for Wholesale Financial Market Conduct

    By Mark Johnston | 04/01/2022

    Market conduct risk assessments should be done at least annually, to serve as a systematic method for assessing susceptibility to misconduct and documenting mitigating actions or controls.

    PEPs & Sanctions

    US Sanctions Five Chinese Officials, China Reciprocates

    By Editors | 04/01/2022

    Five already-sanctioned Chinese officials were named in the US State Department’s latest Hong Kong Autonomy Act Report submitted to Congress.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Philippine DOJ Signs MoU with BAP on Cybercrime Prevention

    By Mark Johnston | 03/01/2022

    The MoU aims to formalise the establishment of a collective, coordinated, and strategic cyber response within the banking industry.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Taiwan FSC Fines Three Banks Over Client Fund Embezzlement

    By Editors | 03/01/2022

    CTBC Bank was fined TWD 14 million, Bank SinoPac was fined TWD 4 million, and Bank of Panhsin was fined TWD 2 million.

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