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Payments & Settlements
Philippines Issues Draft Rules on Digital Payments Adoption
By Mark Johnston | 24/08/2022
All government departments and agencies, state universities and colleges, and state-owned or controlled corporations will have to implement digital payments.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Outlines Strategic Priorities in New Corporate Plan
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/08/2022
ASIC will prioritise work to protect investors from the crypto risks, misconduct including greenwashing, and other harms.
Capital Adequacy
CFTC Extends No-action Relief for Foreign Nonbank Swap Dealers
By Editors | 24/08/2022
Nonbank swap dealers domiciled in Japan, Mexico, the UK and EU can rely on compliance with home country capital and financial reporting requirements until October 2024.
Structural Regulation
India Simplifies Regulatory Framework for Overseas Investment
By Editors | 24/08/2022
The regulatory framework for overseas investment has been aligned with the “current business and economic dynamics”.
Cryptocurrency
Indonesia Stops Registering New Crypto Businesses
By Editors | 24/08/2022
The moratorium is intended to allow the regulator to focus on improving the governance of crypto exchanges that are already registered.
Clearing & Post-Trade
MOEX Stops Accepting USD as Collateral in FX, Securities Markets
By Editors | 24/08/2022
Russian authorities have been actively looking to reduce domestic reliance on the currencies of so-called ‘unfriendly’ nations.
Structural Regulation
Korean Banks Start Publicly Disclosing Interest Rate Spreads
By Editors | 23/08/2022
The new disclosures are expected to push banks to increase the interest rates they pay on deposit products, and slow down the pace of interest rate hikes on loans.
Trading & Investment
CSRC Approves New Options at Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
By Editors | 23/08/2022
Trading in rapeseed oil and peanut options will commence on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange from 26 August.
Structural Regulation
ESMA Calls for Relaxation of BMR Third-country Regime
By Manesh Samtani | 23/08/2022
The current regime could impair the competitiveness of EU investors and, more generally, the EU financial market when the transitional period expires.
Trading & Investment
Perspectives from China: M&A in 2022
By Bradley Maclean | 23/08/2022
Research by S&P Global and Regulation Asia highlighted the rise of financial buyers as a standout trend in the domestic Chinese M&A market.
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