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Trading & Investment
SET Scraps Lunch Break for Trading Cross Border Products
By Editors | 14/01/2020
The move is aimed at increasing the overlap time for trading between the Thai and ASEAN stock exchanges.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Fintech Awarded Philippine Licence to Operate Digital Bank
By Editors | 14/01/2020
TONIK Digital Bank will be the first “pure-play” digital bank in Southeast Asia, focusing on retail deposits and consumer loans.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Thailand Developing Foundation for Digital Banking – Report
By Editors | 14/01/2020
The efforts are aimed at developing data from non-financial sources, an electronic identification system, and a suitable regulatory framework.
KYC & CDD
Bangladesh Introduces e-KYC for All Financial Services Firms
By Editors | 13/01/2020
All financial institutions regulated by Bangladesh Bank are expected to introduce e-KYC in compliance with the new guideline by December 2020.
Resolution & Recovery
Sri Lanka to Enact New Banking Act in 2021
By Editors | 10/01/2020
The new Banking Act will streamline the licensing process, branch approvals, and adopt a proportionality framework for banking regulations, among other changes.
Capital Adequacy
12 Banks Fail to Meet Bangladesh Capital Requirement
By Editors | 10/01/2020
The total capital shortfall among the 12 banks was reported to be over $2bn as of the end of September, amid rising bad loans in the banking sector.
Structural Regulation
Philippine SEC Issues New Corporate Governance Code
By Editors | 10/01/2020
The new code comes into effect on 12 January, and gives public companies and registered issuers 6 months to submit a new manual on corporate governance.
Credit Risk
Vietnam Central Bank Sets Out 2020 Policy Tasks
By Editors | 10/01/2020
The key policy tasks for the year include reducing banking sector NPLs to below 2% and promoting the use of non-cash payments.
Structural Regulation
BOT Directs Banks to Adopt Fairer Fee Structures
By Editors | 09/01/2020
Banks are instructed to lower the interest costs and fees loan prepayments and late repayments, and to adopt grace periods to reduce borrower burdens.
AI Risk & Governance
Technology to Drive Regulatory Agenda in 2020: Thomson Reuters
By Manesh Samtani | 09/01/2020
Technology has displaced the 2008 financial crisis as the main issue driving the international regulatory agenda, says a new report from Thomson Reuters.
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