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Philippines: BSP to Standardise MSME Loan Applications
By Editors | 24/12/2020
A standard business loan application form will simplify and improve the application process, while also facilitating banks’ risk assessments and speeding up turnaround time.
Big Picture
ASIFMA Offers Recommendations to Address ESG Data Challenges
By Editors | 22/12/2020
The report, released by ASIFMA and FOSDA, says the recommendations are critical to supporting and enabling the further development of green and sustainable markets in Asia.
Market Infrastructure
Philippine SEC to Mandate New Cybersecurity Rules for Capital Markets
By Editors | 20/12/2020
Regulated entities will have to create a separate Information Security Group and appoint a Chief Information Security Officer.
Market Infrastructure
US Treasury Labels Vietnam, Switzerland as Currency Manipulators
By Editors | 17/12/2020
Taiwan, Thailand, and India have been added to Treasury’s monitoring list. Singapore intervened in the foreign exchange market in a “sustained, asymmetric manner”.
Press Release
Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2020 – Results Announcement
By Editors | 15/12/2020
Regulation Asia held its third annual Awards ceremony on 15 December 2020 to recognise those in the industry that have helped address changing regulatory requirements in Asia Pacific over the past year.
Fintech / Regtech
Improving Operational Resilience: A Priority for the Year Ahead
By David LaFalce | 14/12/2020
DTCC’s David LaFalce highlights the need for firms to remove manual processes, re-evaluate their interconnectedness, and seek out opportunities for industry collaboration.
Big Picture
APAC Overtook US in AML Penalties For 2020: Fenergo
By Editors | 10/12/2020
APAC has overtaken the US in terms of the value of enforcement actions for the first time since 2015, largely due to the Goldman and Westpac cases.
Fintech / Regtech
Philippines: UnionBank, StanChart Complete Bond Tokenisation POC
By Editors | 10/12/2020
A dual tranche issuance totalling PHP 9 billion was mirrored on a bond tokenisation platform co-created by UnionBank and SC Ventures.
CBSL Interest Rate Cap on Housing Loans Need Clarity
By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 10/12/2020
The interest rate cap is intended for housing loans for salaried employees, but CBSL has not indicated if it will apply to refinance loans.
AML / KYC
Combatting TBML Through Collaboration and Technology
By Henry Roxas | 09/12/2020
R3’s Henry Roxas describes the complexities of trade-based money laundering in Asia and the importance of collaboration to tackle the problem once and for all.
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