Markets & Infrastructure

    Structural Regulation

    India’s IFSCA Sets Norms for Appointing Independent Directors at MIIs

    By Nithya Subramanian | 14/10/2025

    The new framework requires PIDs to have expertise across capital markets, mandates regulator approval for all appointments, and introduces annual performance reviews.

    Payments & Settlements

    RBI Allows Exporters to Hold Foreign Currency Accounts in IFSCs

    By Nithya Subramanian | 14/10/2025

    The amendment also clarifies timelines for repatriation of export proceeds and formally brings IFSCs under the FEMA framework.

    Payments & Settlements

    NPCI, Razorpay, OpenAI Team Up to Pilot ‘Agentic Payments’

    By Nithya Subramanian | 14/10/2025

    In this initiative, AI and UPI converge in a bid to make digital payments more intuitive and inclusive, enabling secure, user-authorised transactions powered by intelligent assistants.

    Sustainable Finance

    HKEX Launches Dubai Unit to Develop Sustainable Metals Market

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/10/2025

    The new Dubai subsidiary will independently administer prices for sustainable metals, using a transaction-based methodology to establish 'green' premia.

    Structural Regulation

    SEBI Eases Disclosure Rules for Minor Related Party Transactions

    By Nithya Subramanian | 14/10/2025

    The relaxed disclosure norms reduce compliance burden on listed firms while maintaining transparency safeguards.

    Structural Regulation

    SFC Launches New Channel to Streamline REITs Authorisations

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/10/2025

    The SFC aims to cut REIT approval time to four weeks and ease documentary requirements for secondary offerings to boost the market.

    Payments & Settlements

    RBI Launches Digital Payment Innovations, Integrating AI and IoT with UPI

    By Nithya Subramanian | 14/10/2025

    New platforms include AI-powered customer support, frameworks for IoT and wearable payments, multi-signatory approvals for businesses, and a new system for managing credit lines directly on the UPI network.

    Structural Regulation

    Malaysia to Mandate New Islamic Benchmark Rate from July 2027

    By Editors | 14/10/2025

    BNM will replace the KLIRR with the MYOR-i, the world's first transaction-based Islamic rate, in a major structural reform.

    Anti-Bribery & Corruption

    Philippine SEC Chief Retracts PHP 1.7 Trillion Market Wipeout Claim

    By Editors | 14/10/2025

    A presidential aide labelled the figure 'fake news', with the stock exchange clarifying the actual loss was PHP 185 billion amid a widening corruption probe.

    Data Privacy

    CSRC Issues Three New Data Standards for Financial Industry

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/10/2025

    The initiative is aimed at standardising data governance for stock exchanges, asset-backed securitisation, and futures asset management.

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