Hong Kong Monetary Authority

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    Structural Regulation

    HKMA Relaxes Wealth Connect Limit for Overseas Incorporated Banks

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/03/2025

    HKMA has raised the customer limit for non-locally incorporated AIs providing southbound WMC services to non-private banking Mainland customers.

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    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    HK Considers Allowing Banks to Freeze Scam-Linked Accounts

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/03/2025

    HKPF and HKMA are in talks with banks on a mechanism to freeze accounts linked to fraudulent activities.

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    Structural Regulation

    Hong Kong Trust Industry Facing Regulatory Challenges

    By Mark Johnston | 23/03/2025

    HKTA and KPMG published a report shedding light on the state of  Hong Kong’s trust industry, including mounting compliance costs and regulatory challenges.

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    Cloud & Infrastructure

    HKMA Publishes Research on DLT Adoption in Financial Sector

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/03/2025

    The HKMA encourages AIs to review the research paper and leverage its insights to explore DLT-related innovations.

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    Tokenisation

    What’s Next for OSL? Gary Tiu Discusses Project Ensemble and the Future of Finance

    By Nithya Subramanian | 19/03/2025

    Gary Tiu, Head of Regulatory Affairs at OSL, discusses the firm’s role in Project Ensemble, its challenges, and the future of tokenised real-world assets.

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    Trading & Investment

    HKMA Updates Guidance on Selling Structured Products

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/03/2025

    The HKMA has updated its guidance on selling of accumulators to help AIs comply with evolving product structures and features.

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    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    HKMA Directs Banks to Comply With New Guidance for Insurance Sales

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/03/2025

    The new IA guidance sets caps on rates that can be used to illustrate the benefits of insurance products.

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    Clearing & Post-Trade

    HKEX, CMU OmniClear Partner to Bolster Market Infrastructure

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/03/2025

    HKEX and CMU OmniClear will work to establish infrastructure in Asia that could rival Euroclear and Clearstream.

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    Payments & Settlements

    HKMA Launches New RMB Trade Financing Liquidity Facility

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/03/2025

    The HKMA announced the first batch of 24 participating banks, allocating them half of the facility’s total size of CNY 100 billion

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    Climate Risk

    HKMA Releases Results of 2023-24 Climate Risk Stress Test

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/03/2025

    The Hong Kong banking sector demonstrates “strong resilience” against severe climate-related shocks under various scenarios, HKMA said.

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