Other Asia Pacific

Press Release

Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024 – Results Announcement

By Editors | 05/11/2024

Regulation Asia held its 7th annual Awards ceremony on 4 November 2024. Here we announce the winners in each category.

Securities / Derivatives

BSEC Forms Committee to Explore Move to T+1 Settlement

By Editors | 04/11/2024

A move to T+1 is expected to benefit investors by increasing market liquidity and trading turnover while reducing settlement risk and broker defaults.

AML / KYC

Bangladesh Bank Governor Alleges $17b State-Linked Bank Fraud

By Nithya Subramanian | 30/10/2024

Ahsan H Mansur alleged that Alam Group siphoned off $10bn from the banking system with help from the country’s military intelligence agency.

Big Picture

Banks, Central Banks Expect Tokenised Assets to “Leapfrog” in Asia

By Georgina Lee | 28/10/2024

Banks are actively exploring tokenisation use cases in Asia, saying the region has greater potential for the technology than Western countries.

Capital / Liquidity

State Bank of Vietnam to Inject Capital into Vietcombank

By Mark Johnston | 25/10/2024

The capital injection is intended to boost state-owned Vietcombank’s capacity to support government policies and economic stability.

ESG / Sustainability

ACMF Endorses V2 of ASEAN Transition Finance Guidance

By Nithya Subramanian | 24/10/2024

The Version 2 guidance provides guidance on reference transition pathways, to help companies develop their individual transition plans.

Securities / Derivatives

Vietnam to Ease Account Opening Process for Foreign Investors

By Nithya Subramanian | 24/10/2024

The SBV is drafting a circular to simplify the opening and management of Vietnamese dong-denominated accounts for foreign investors.

Fintech / Regtech

CBM Inspects MyanmarPay Pilot Ahead of December Launch

By Nithya Subramanian | 23/10/2024

The national project aims to integrate QR payments across banks and financial service providers, with phased testing currently underway.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Regulator Orders Mandatory Takeover of Two Troubled Banks

By Nithya Subramanian | 22/10/2024

The SBV ordered the transfer of Vietnam Construction Bank to Vietcombank and OceanBank to Military Commercial Bank to address bad debts.