Financial Crime

    PEPs & Sanctions

    US Sanctions Four More Officials Over Hong Kong National Security Law

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/11/2020

    China’s Foreign Ministry says the move is a violation of the basic norms governing international relations, urging the US to withdraw the sanctions.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    SFC Fines Credit Suisse Securities Over Market Making Errors

    By Editors | 09/11/2020

    Credit Suisse Securities submitted 17,000 erroneous market making quotes to the market in 8 minutes due to a logic error in its symbol mapping programme.

    PEPs & Sanctions

    SFC Eases Uncertainty Over National Security Law – Report

    By Editors | 09/11/2020

    Implementing US sanctions is unlikely to be considered a breach of the national security law. The SFC has dropped a plan to force cloud providers to share client data.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    AUSTRAC to Ramp Up Industry Guidance on AML Obligations

    By Manesh Samtani | 09/11/2020

    An unprecedented amount of AML/CTF information will be provided to industry in the next 6-12 months, says AUSTRAC’s David Hawkins.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Hong Kong Lawmaker to Propose Bill to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade

    By Editors | 09/11/2020

    The bill will seek to incorporate wildlife crimes into Hong Kong’s Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance, allowing authorities to follow the money and prosecute syndicate leaders.

    Anti-Bribery & Corruption

    Second Ex-Chairman of Hengfeng Bank Gets Death Sentence

    By Editors | 08/11/2020

    The former chairman will have his sentence commuted to life in prison if he commits no further crime over the next two years.

    Market Abuse

    SC Malaysia Wins MYR 3.1m in Insider Trading Case

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/11/2020

    The former senior partner of a law firm acquired shares in Worldwide Holdings in the months leading up to an announcement that the firm would be privatised.

    Payments & Settlements

    Australian FIs to Use NPP for International Payments by End-2022

    By Editors | 05/11/2020

    Participating FIs are required to join the international payments business service and receive inbound international payments via the NPP by December 2022.

    Market Abuse

    MAS Targets Market Abuse, Misconduct, AML Control Breaches

    By Editors | 04/11/2020

    In its latest enforcement report, MAS highlights its work to strengthen early detection of market misconduct, including through Apollo, an augmented intelligence system.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    FSC Korea to Introduce FATF-aligned AML Rules for VASPs

    By Editors | 04/11/2020

    Under the new rules, the ‘travel rule’ will apply to VASPs in respect of all virtual asset transactions worth more than KRW 1 million.

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