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    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    BNM Revises Financial Product Transparency and Disclosure Rules

    By Nithya Subramanian | 04/12/2024

    Updated policy document aims to empower financial consumers with clearer, more accessible information, and address digital disclosure challenges.

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    Trading & Investment

    Malaysia Enhances Investor Access to Market Information

    By Nithya Subramanian | 13/11/2024

    A new online platform was launched to help local and international investors access key market information and government agencies.

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    Payments & Settlements

    New Project Nexus Entity to be Established in Singapore

    By Editors | 07/11/2024

    The new management entity will oversee the live implementation of the Nexus operational model, which involves linking instant payment systems.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    25 New Charges Against Malaysia’s Najib Razak are Valid, Court Rules

    By Nithya Subramanian | 30/10/2024

    Former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak will have to face four additional abuse of power charges and 21 additional money laundering charges.

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    Payments & Settlements

    BIS and APAC Central Banks Release Results of Project Mandala

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/10/2024

    Project Mandala demonstrated that jurisdiction-specific regulatory requirements can be embedded in cross-border transaction protocols.

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    KYC & CDD

    BNM Fines MSB Licensee for Circumventing CDD Process

    By Mark Johnston | 27/10/2024

    BSB Darussalam personnel deliberately split transactions into amounts below MYR 3,000 to avoid CDD requirements.

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    Structural Regulation

    Malaysia Unveils New Measures to Boost Markets and MSMEs

    By Nithya Subramanian | 22/10/2024

    The budget approved Forest City as a duty-free island, a new 2% tax on dividend income, and funding to boost MSMEs and drive innovation in Islamic finance.

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    Payments & Settlements

    Malaysia, Cambodia Launch Cross-border QR Payment Linkage

    By Nithya Subramanian | 20/09/2024

    The first phase will allow Cambodian users to make instant retail payments in Malaysia by scanning DuitNow QR codes.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Malaysia, UK Eye Collaboration on Islamic Finance, Green Initiatives

    By Nithya Subramanian | 11/09/2024

    Participants at a recent forum called for Malaysian collaboration to enhance Islamic finance services in the UK.

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    Operational Risk

    BNM Fines Bank of China’s Malaysia Unit for Outsourcing Violations

    By Nithya Subramanian | 26/08/2024

    BNM said the bank did not obtain prior approval before relocating core banking systems to new data centres.

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