Markets & Infrastructure

Cloud & Infrastructure

Taiwan FSC Establishes New Division to Promote Innovation

By Editors | 07/01/2025

The division will focus on formulating policy relating to fintech and innovation, green and transition finance, and financial market development.

Sustainable Finance

Chinese Exchanges Revise Guidelines to Promote Special Bond Types

By Editors | 07/01/2025

The revisions aim to promote sci-tech innovation bonds, green bonds, rural revitalisation bonds, SME support bonds, and short-term bonds.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

China NFRA Revises Rules on Qualifications of Bank Bosses

By Manesh Samtani | 07/01/2025

The draft rules refine the qualification requirements for directors and senior managers of banks including to ensure their independence.

PEPs & Sanctions

China Adds 28 US Companies to Export Control List

By Editors | 06/01/2025

Ten of the companies were also added to China’s “unreliable entities” list. MOFCOM is separately considering restricting the export of battery tech.

PEPs & Sanctions

Russia-EU Gas Flows via Ukraine Come to a Halt

By Editors | 06/01/2025

The European Commission said most EU states could cope with the change. Gazprom will lose around $5bn in annual gas sales.

Payments & Settlements

India to Implement Payee Name Checking on RTGS, NEFT by April

By Editors | 05/01/2025

Banks have until 1 April 2025 to implement the beneficiary account name look-up facility for RTGS and NEFT transfers.

Structural Regulation

China NFRA Offers FIs Flexibility to Optimise Governance Structures

By Editors | 05/01/2025

As permitted by the revised Company Law, FIs can disband the board of supervisors and instead have its duties performed by the board-level audit committee.

Trading & Investment

HKIC Selects Four Firms to Manage New CIES Portfolio

By Editors | 05/01/2025

Betatron Venture Group, Inno Angel Fund, MindWorks Capital and Radiant Tech Ventures were appointed to manage the new CIES investment portfolio.

Structural Regulation

FDIC Seeking Enhanced Oversight of Blackrock, Vanguard

By Manesh Samtani | 05/01/2025

BlackRock and Vanguard are asked to adopt a “passivity agreements” to ensure they don’t influence business decisions in the banks they invest in.