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    Sanctions

    OFSI Publishes Threat Assessment for Property Services Sector

    By Manesh Samtani | 15/04/2025

    The report finds that small-scale property services firms and sole practitioners are more likely to have facilitated Russia-related breaches.

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    AML / KYC

    Shedding Light on HSBC’s Use of Machine Learning in Transaction Monitoring

    By Manesh Samtani | 14/04/2025

    Olivier Franses talks to Regulation Asia about HSBC’s use of machine learning in transaction monitoring, the challenges of implementation, and the resulting benefits.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    BNM Leads ASEAN Push to Green Supply Chains

    By Nithya Subramanian | 13/04/2025

    Drawing from Malaysia’s GVC programme, the UNDP, BNM and ADB published a playbook to help ASEAN SMEs decarbonise.

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    Sanctions

    OFAC Unveils New Sanctions Targeting Iran Oil Shipments to Asia

    By Manesh Samtani | 11/04/2025

    An Indian national, his India- and UAE-based companies, dozens of vessels, and a Chinese oil storage terminal were targeted.

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    Big Picture

    Regulatory Fragmentation Hindering Growth of Tokenised Finance – Report

    By Thisanka Siripala | 10/04/2025

    Regulatory fragmentation, cross-platform settlement and token contract standardisation are the key challenges to to widespread adoption of tokenised financial assets.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    IFRS Foundation, TNFD to Partner on Nature-related Disclosures

    By ESG Investor | 10/04/2025

    TNFD’s disclosure recommendations will be incorporated in the development of the ISSB’s sustainability reporting standards.

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    AML / KYC

    GLEIF Certifies Hong Kong Firm as Qualified vLEI Issuer

    By Editors | 10/04/2025

    Certizen Technology’s qualification represents another significant milestone in the development of the vLEI ecosystem, said GLEIF CEO Alexandre Kech.

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    Big Picture

    Forest Crimes Fuel Wider Criminal Economies – UNODC Report

    By Thisanka Siripala | 10/04/2025

    A new UNODC report says illegal logging supply chains are increasingly infiltrated by actors from other organised criminal markets.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    China, Georgia Sign MoU on Central Bank Cooperation

    By Editors | 09/04/2025

    PBOC and the National Bank of Georgia will cooperate on monetary policy, fintech, payment systems, and securities market development.

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    FSB Nominates Bank of England Governor as New Chair

    By Nithya Subramanian | 08/04/2025

    Andrew Bailey’s nomination is expected to be finalised in June. He will hold the role for a three-year term, succeeding Klaas Knot.

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