FSC is expanding the types of information financial companies can store on cloud computing systems to include personal credit and identification information.
July 16, 2018New proposal would allow international payments firms to store data offshore while only maintaining a copy in India, following lobbying effort by MasterCard, Visa and American Express.
July 16, 2018Industry initiative has condensed over 300,000 data points required by MAS 610 into 1,000 reuseable business concepts, simplifying and streamlining compliance with the reporting mandate.
July 9, 2018Hong Kong may have been slow to the game in finalising its framework for virtual banks, but digitisation in the city is now on the move. This is good news and critics should recognise this as a major step forward...
June 27, 2018High granularity data for new reporting regime requires reporting of approx. 300,000 data elements, the top concern for Singapore banks next year, according to Wolters Kluwer survey.
June 15, 2018Wolters Kluwer research says legacy systems no longer fit for purpose; most firms plan to integrate data in regulatory workflows despite low confidence in data quality.
June 12, 2018MAS has unveiled its roadmap for the transformation of the collection of data from financial institutions. And while there may be clear benefits, providing all data in machine readable format by MAS’ planned deadline will be challenging.
May 30, 2018Six-month central bank inspections to focus on quality of financial information as part of plan to unify statistical management operational mechanisms.
May 30, 2018Revised requirements including increased granularity and rationalisation of data in submissions; set to take effect on 1 October 2020.
May 23, 2018Given the 25 May go-live date, financial institutions in Asia need to immediately consider their obligations under GDPR, which will apply to any firm with clients or employees who are EU citizens.
May 22, 2018