Payments & Settlements

Payments & Settlements

Hong Kong Grants 1st Stored Value Licences

By Samuel Riding | 26/08/2016

Five firms issued with licences under Ordinance introduced in November 2015.

Payments & Settlements

MAS to Simplify E-Payment Regulation

By Samuel Riding | 22/08/2016

Regulator set to unify licensing regime in bid to boost electronic payments industry.

Trading & Investment

India Regulators Outline Corporate Bond Reforms

By Samuel Riding | 22/08/2016

Steps aim to improve liquidity and boost corporate bond markets.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Singapore’s POSB Pilots Video Teller Machines

By Samuel Riding | 19/08/2016

Singapore’s POSB, a subsidiary of DBS, launched a pilot scheme for VTMs (Video Teller Machines) – the first of its […]

Clearing & Post-Trade

Lombard Risk appoints COLLINE product head in Asia Pacific

By Samuel Riding | 17/08/2016

London, UK – 16 August 2016 – Lombard Risk Management plc (LSE: LRM), a leading provider of integrated collateral management, […]

Payments & Settlements

PBOC Halts Non-bank Payment Agency Approvals

By Samuel Riding | 15/08/2016

Central bank says business licenses of 27 existing firms will be extended.

Anti-Money Laundering

Indonesia to Expand Branchless Banking

By Editors | 11/08/2016

Smaller, regional banks invited to offer service in financial inclusion push.

Structural Regulation

HKMA’s Executive Director Retires

By Editors | 08/08/2016

Esmond Lee retires effective 7 August.

Structural Regulation

Indonesia, Malaysia Approve Equal Banking Access

By Editors | 04/08/2016

Agreement to reduce “inequality of access” in the two markets.