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Payments & Settlements
BSP Pursues Cross Border Payment Links with Malaysia, Thailand
By Editors | 16/11/2021
The BSP has been in dialogue with ASEAN central banks including MAS, BNM and BOT to make cross-border payment flows cheaper and more seamless.
Reporting & Disclosures
SRI Taxonomy a ‘Critical Building Block’ for Malaysia Capital Market
By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2021
Malaysia’s Securities Commission is on track to publish a draft SRI taxonomy for consultation by the end of the year.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
BNM Raises Expectations of Good Conduct in Wholesale Markets
By Manesh Samtani | 14/11/2021
The board and management must ensure good conduct culture is embedded and governance structures “inculcate fair and ethical decision making”.
Payments & Settlements
Malaysia Joins PoC Project to Test Cross-border Payment Links
By Editors | 11/11/2021
BNM and PayNet are joining Project Nexus, which was first announced in July by BIS Innovation Hub and MAS to explore new cross-border payment linkages.
Sustainable Finance
BSP Directs Banks to Integrate Environmental, Social Risks
By Editors | 31/10/2021
Banks have to integrate environmental and social risk in their risk management frameworks and when defining their credit strategy.
Payments & Settlements
Malaysia, Thailand Expand Local Currency Settlement Framework
By Editors | 31/10/2021
Malaysian and Thai businesses and individuals can use local currencies to make cross-border payments for trade, investment, income and transfer.
Credit Risk
Malaysia Announces Relief for Low Income Borrowers
By Editors | 15/10/2021
Lower income borrowers can access interest exemptions for three months, smaller loan instalments for up to 24 months, and lower interest rates.
Cybersecurity
BNM Launches New Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
By Manesh Samtani | 03/10/2021
FinTIP leverages machine algorithms and human experts to correlate, normalise, enrich, and sanitise contributed data to produce “real-time actionable intelligence”.
Structural Regulation
BNM Announces Launch of New Reference Rate MYOR
By Editors | 28/09/2021
The MYOR will run in parallel to the existing KLIBOR, although publication of the lesser referenced two- and 12-month KLIBOR tenors will be discontinued.
Payments & Settlements
BNM Issues New Regulatory Requirements for Merchant Acquirers
By Editors | 23/09/2021
The new requirements will ensure merchant acquiring services have measures in place to manage settlement risk, financial risk, fraud risk, technology risk and cyber risk.
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