Markets & Infrastructure

Clearing & Post-Trade

ISLA, FIX Trading Collaborate to Standardise Securities Lending

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/07/2025

ISLA and FIX Trading will align the Common Domain Model and FIX protocol to enhance efficiency and reduce settlement failures.

Structural Regulation

EBA Upholds Strict EU Market Access Rules for Third-Country Banks

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/07/2025

The EBA has found no case to ease branch requirements for third country firms that provide core banking services into the EU.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Hong Kong Developing New Rules to Support Elderly Banking Consumers

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/07/2025

Regulators will issue elderly-friendly banking guidelines to improve the banking experience for seniors, and require banks to offer a "default no-online banking" option to customers.

Payments & Settlements

SEBI to Place MCX on Regulatory Review After Market Outage - Report

By Mark Johnston | 25/07/2025

SEBI is reported to be considering action against MCX following a technical glitch that caused a trading halt on Wednesday.

Trading & Investment

Vietnam Proposes 20pc Capital Gains Tax on Securities

By Editors | 25/07/2025

Draft law would tax actual annual profits from securities trading at 20% and end a controversial 0.1% flat tax on every transaction.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

AFCA Sees High Volume of Complaints Continue

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/07/2025

Australia's complaints body is calling for mandatory scam codes and highlights the need for a compensation scheme as complaint volumes remain "unacceptably high".

Payments & Settlements

PayPal Partners With India UPI and China Tenpay on Cross-border Payments

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/07/2025

New platform aims to simplify cross-border payments for nearly two billion users. NPCI's Ritesh Shukla said the initiative will significantly expand UPI’s global footprint.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Hong Kong to Expand Mandatory Reference Checking Regime Beyond Banks

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/07/2025

From September 2025, the MRC Scheme will be expanded to cover 50,000 frontline staff involved in securities, insurance, or MPF regulated activities.

Structural Regulation

Philippines SEC Eyes Tiered Minimum Public Float System for IPOs

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/07/2025

A tiered model would be more transparent than blanket exemptions, balancing market liquidity with a more flexible IPO framework.