Payments & Settlements

Trading & Investment

Regulations 2015 – Don’t Look Back

By Peter Guy | 29/12/2015

Financial regulations were as unstable as global markets in 2015. Here are the highlights.

Payments & Settlements

Indonesia Plans Integrated Payment System

By Samuel Riding | 15/12/2015

National Payment Gateway, which has been delayed for several years, expected to be completed in 2016.

Cybersecurity

CPMI-IOSCO Issue Financial Markets Cyber Guidance

By Samuel Riding | 26/11/2015

Joint consultation paper focuses on international cooperation in pre-empting and reacting to cyber-attacks.

Payments & Settlements

China Tightens Offshore Yuan Controls

By Samuel Riding | 19/11/2015

Central bank steps up capital controls at offshore CNY clearing banks as depreciation concerns persist.

Payments & Settlements

Hong Kong Launches Stored Value, Retail Payment Regime

By Samuel Riding | 16/11/2015

Existing issuers and new market operators of store-value facilities have one year to apply for HKMA license.

Structural Regulation

Bangladesh Proposes Strict Mobile Finance Ownership Rules

By Samuel Riding | 12/11/2015

Guidelines prevent individual institutions from holding major stakes in mobile finance businesses.

Payments & Settlements

RBI Urges Payments Banks to Share Infrastructure

By Editors | 22/10/2015

The Reserve Bank of India has suggested for newly-licensed payments banks to share infrastructure among each other in a bid to minimise costs and enable greater financial inclusion.

Structural Regulation

Indonesia Expects Myanmar Banking Deal by Year-End

By Editors | 18/10/2015

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) expects to seal a bilateral deal with Myanmar’s banking regulator before the end of the year.

Payments & Settlements

RBA Designates Payment Systems for Regulatory Review

By Editors | 18/10/2015

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced it has designated a number of card companies under the Payment Systems Act.